Himalayan border citizens: Sovereignty and mobility in the Nepal-Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of China border zone

Political Geography

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-36

  Shneiderman, Sara B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border zone; China; Citizenship; Ethnicity; Himalaya; Mobility; Nepal; Sovereignty; Tibetan Autonomous Region

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CITIZENSHIP; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ETHNICITY; MOBILITY; POST-COLONIALISM; REFUGEE; SOVEREIGNTY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; XIZANG;

EID: 84882908303     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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