The political agenda during different periods of estonian transformation: External and internal factors

Journal of Baltic Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Lauristin, Marju ^a   Vihalemm, Peeter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estonia; EU accession; Political agenda; Post communist transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849097278     PISSN: 01629778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01629770902722237     Document Type: Article

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