Georgia's war on crime: creating security in a post-revolutionary context

European Security

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-56

  Slade, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Georgia; organised crime; revolution; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880383986     PISSN: 09662839     EISSN: 17461545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2012.656600     Document Type: Article

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