The making of a void sovereignty: Political implications of the military checkpoints in the West Bank

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-244

  Amir, Merav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borders; Checkpoints; Governmentality; Israel; Palestine; Sovereignty; West Bank

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOVEREIGNTY;

ISRAEL; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

EID: 84876352725     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d19810     Document Type: Article

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