Theorising 'small' and 'micro' state behaviour using the Maldives, Bhutan and Nepal

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-148

  Misra, Amalendu ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATION STATE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; STATE BUILDING;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4143136307     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958493042000242927     Document Type: Article

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