Reimagining the boundaries of the nation: Politics and the development of ideas on minority rights

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-446

  Deets, Stephen ^a  

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Author keywords

Europeanization; Liberalism; Minority issues; Nationalism; Norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746058235     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325406290305     Document Type: Article

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48. Interview with John Packer, director, Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Higher Commissioner on National Minorities, The Hague, the Netherlands, 5 June 2003.
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52. Rolf Ekeus, "New Challenges in the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict" (Special address to the annual convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, 15 April 2004).