Securing property in contemporary Kyrgyzstan

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-176

  Spector, Regine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OWNERSHIP; POST-COMMUNISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 44449166117     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.24.2.149     Document Type: Article

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