The Norwegian state transformed?

West European Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-739

  Christensen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE ROLE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 26044464197     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380500216641     Document Type: Article

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