World without borders? Reflections on the future of the nationétate

Government and Opposition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-179

  Dittgen, Herbert ^a  

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EID: 85010126727     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1999.tb00476.x     Document Type: Article

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