Specters at the port of entry:Understanding state mobilities through an ontology of exclusion

Mobilities

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-334

  Mountz, Alison ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum; Border; Canada; Exclusion; Port of entry; State mobilities; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009599200     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2011.590033     Document Type: Article

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