The democratic deficit of diaspora politics: Turkish Cypriots in Britain and the Cyprus issue

@article{stergaardNielsen2003TheDD,
  title={The democratic deficit of diaspora politics: Turkish Cypriots in Britain and the Cyprus issue},
  author={Eva {\O}stergaard-Nielsen},
  journal={Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies},
  year={2003},
  volume={29},
  pages={683 - 700},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145528555}
}
  • E. Østergaard-Nielsen
  • Published 1 July 2003
  • Political Science, Sociology
  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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