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People, Place, and Region

The Internal Other: Exploring the Dialectical Relationship Between Regional Exclusion and the Construction of National Identity

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Pages 863-880 | Received 01 Nov 2009, Accepted 01 Feb 2011, Published online: 01 Sep 2011

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