Culture, state, and security in Europe: The case of citizenship and integration policy in Estonia

American Ethnologist

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 676-694

  Feldman, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elites; Nation; Policy; Security; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544440429     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2005.32.4.676     Document Type: Article

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