'Boat People' and Discursive Bordering: Australian Parliamentary Discourses on Asylum Seekers, 1977-2013

This article draws upon content analysis of Australian parliamentary transcripts to examine debates about asylum seekers who arrived by boat in three historical periods: 1977–1979, 1999–2001, and 2011–2013. We analyze term frequency and co-occurrence to identify patterns in specific usage of th...

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Main Authors: John van Kooy, Liam Magee, Shanti Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2021-04-01
Series:Refuge
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Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40661