Slovenia: Ethnic exclusion in a model accession state

Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 210-224

  Zorn, Jelka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 84881964138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203883655     Document Type: Chapter

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