The narratives of exclusion and self-exclusion in the Russian conflict discourse on EU-Russian Relations

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-329

  Prozorov, Sergei ^a  

^a PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conflict; Conservatism; Discourse; European Union; Geopolitics; Integration; Liberalism; Russia

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOVEREIGNTY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33947378368     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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