Editorial

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Loukis, Euripidis ^a   Macintosh, Ann ^b   Charalabidis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953035100     PISSN: 19448953     EISSN: 19448961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2011.550814     Document Type: Editorial

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