Elitist with a Russian twist: Mass media discourses on European constitutional ratification in Estonia and Latvia

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-413

  Evas, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estonia; Ethnic media; European constitutional ratification; European Constitutional Treaty; Latvia; Media; Non EU linguistic minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547507691     PISSN: 15705854     EISSN: 15680258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15705850701433090     Document Type: Article

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