The impact of state weakness on citizenship a case study of Kyrgyzstan

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-458

  Ruget, Vanessa ^a   Usmanalieva, Burul ^b  

^a OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan   (United States)

^b Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Citizens' duties; Citizenship; Kyrgyzstan; National identity; State capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348988977     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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