Police reforms in the Republic of Georgia: The convergence of domestic and foreign policy in an anti-corruption drive

Policing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 318-345

  Light, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Georgia; police corruption; post soviet; reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894656233     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2013.784289     Document Type: Article

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