Forum section formal theory and case-study methods In EU studies

European Union Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-146

  Pahre, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative case studies; Formal theory; Quantitative methods; Spatial theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944460026     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116505049610     Document Type: Article

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