How political parties, rather than member states, are building the European Union

Widening the European Union: Politics of Institutional Change and Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 202-223

  Colomer, Josep M ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

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EID: 24944463874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203166291     Document Type: Chapter

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