The denial syndrome and its consequences: Serbian political culture since 2000

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-58

  Ramet, Sabrina P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Denial; Guilt; Hero; Nationalism; Serbia; War crimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846805563     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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