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Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations.

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Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations. / Gill, Nicholas.
In: Antipode, Vol. 42, No. 5, 11.2010, p. 1048-1070.

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Gill, N 2010, 'Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations.', Antipode, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 1048-1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00793.x

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Gill, N. (2010). Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations. Antipode, 42(5), 1048-1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00793.x

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Gill N. Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations. Antipode. 2010 Nov;42(5):1048-1070. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00793.x

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Gill, Nicholas. / Tracing imaginations of the state : the spatial consequences of different state concepts among asylum activist organisations. In: Antipode. 2010 ; Vol. 42, No. 5. pp. 1048-1070.

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