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If Territorial Fragmentation is a Problem, is Amalgamation a Solution? An East European Perspective

Paweł Swianiewicz University of Warsaw, Warsaw, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 183-203 | Published online: 06 May 2010

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