Estranged states: Diplomacy and the containment of national minorities in Europe

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-245

  Feldman, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diplomacy; Elites; National minorities; Policy and law; Representation of space; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544437902     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499605055722     Document Type: Article

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