Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma

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Stretching the Border : Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma. / Horstmann, Alexander.

I: Journal of Borderlands Studies, Bind 29, Nr. 1, 1, 26.02.2014, s. 47-61.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Horstmann, A 2014, 'Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma', Journal of Borderlands Studies, bind 29, nr. 1, 1, s. 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2014.892692

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Horstmann, A. (2014). Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 29(1), 47-61. [1]. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2014.892692

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Horstmann A. Stretching the Border: Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma. Journal of Borderlands Studies. 2014 feb. 26;29(1):47-61. 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2014.892692

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Horstmann, Alexander. / Stretching the Border : Confinement, Mobility and the Refugee Public among Karen Refugees in Thailand and Burma. I: Journal of Borderlands Studies. 2014 ; Bind 29, Nr. 1. s. 47-61.

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