Citizens and Refugees: Constructing and Negotiating Tibetan Identities in Exile

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 967-983

  McConnell, Fiona ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

citizen; India; refugee; state; Tibetan Government in Exile

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNMENT; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATION STATE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POWER RELATIONS; REFUGEE; SOVEREIGNTY;

INDIA;

EID: 84879513825     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.628245     Document Type: Article

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