Strategic action in a community environment: The decision to enlarge the European Union to the east

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 156-183

  Schimmelfennig, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community; Constructivist institutionalism; Enlargement; European Union; Rationalist institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037281668     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414002239375     Document Type: Article

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