Implementation of minority rights through the devolution of powers - The concept of autonomy reconsidered

International Journal on Minority and Group Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-343

  Heintze, Han Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; POWER RELATIONS; SELF DETERMINATION;

EID: 0141527309     PISSN: 13854879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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