European institutions and unsuccessful norm transmission: The case of transparency

International Politics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-489

  Grigorescu, Alexandru ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0141573476     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8892005     Document Type: Article

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