Normative by nature? the role of coherence in justifying the EU's external human rights policy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-321

  Lerch, Marika ^a,c   Schwellnus, Guido ^b  

^a European Parliament Information Office   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Death penalty; European Union; External relations; Human rights; Minority protection; Normative power

Indexed keywords

EID: 30944447119     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500452665     Document Type: Article

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