Enclaves of improvement: Sovereignty and developmentalism in the special zones of the China-Lao borderlands

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-562

  Nyíri, Pál ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CRIME; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENCLAVE; MODERNITY; NATION STATE; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY;

CHINA; LAOS;

EID: 84863932349     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417512000229     Document Type: Review

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