Potential Governmentality and the State Transformation in Finland

Geopolitics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-342

  Ahlqvist, Toni ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HEURISTICS; NATION STATE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; GOVERNMENT; STATE;

FINLAND;

EID: 84876228832     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2012.723286     Document Type: Article

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