The Europeanization of regions in Eastern and Western Europe: Theoretical perspectives

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-294

  Sturm, Roland ^a   Dieringer, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accession countries; Europeanization; Institutions; Policy making; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGIONALIZATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944519002     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500223251     Document Type: Article

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