The 'failed state' of international relations

New Political Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-379

  Morton, Adam David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COLONIALISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24644516642     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460500204274     Document Type: Article

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