Between tragedy and farce: 9/11 Compensation and the value of life and death

Antipode

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-425

  Gilbert, Emily ^a   Ponder, Corey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Compensation; Value; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893830236     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12063     Document Type: Article

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