Conflicts of interest in the restitution and privatisation of housing since the fall of socialism: The case of central Timişoara city - A problem of democracy?

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-141

  Dawidson, Karin E K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; PRIVATIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIALISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIMIS; TIMISOARA;

EID: 0842284570     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966813032000161464     Document Type: Article

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