On the "net impact" of Europeanization: The EU's telecoms and electricity regimes between the global and the national

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-29

  Levi Faur, David ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Europeanization; Liberalization; Privatization; Regulatory reforms; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346041506     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003260121     Document Type: Review

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