The 'Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic': From ConflictDriven State-Building to State-Driven Nation-Building

European Yearbook of Minority Issues

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages xi-30

  Troebst, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 85200901905     PISSN: 15707865     EISSN: 22116117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/221161103X00021     Document Type: Article

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