A case for Slovene nationalism: Initial citizenship rules and the erasure

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 280-298

  Zorn, Jelka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Erasure; Ethnic discrimination; Former Yugoslavia; Nationalism; Permanent residents; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; NATIONALISM; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63349108743     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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