Minority language rights before and after the 2004 EU enlargement: The Copenhagen criteria in the Baltic states

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-468

  Adrey, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accession conditionality; Copenhagen criteria; Enlargement; Language rights; Minority rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749263094     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434630508668416     Document Type: Article

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