The politics of dual citizenship in Hungary

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-451

  Kovács, Mária M ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRATION; POLITICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; ROMANIA; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 33748600968     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621020600858088     Document Type: Review

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