Can the EU anchor policy reform in third countries? An analysis of the Euro-Med Partnership

European Union Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-418

  Tovias, Alfred ^a   Ugur, Mehmet ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid; Anchoring; Bargaining; Conditionality; Euro Med Partnership; European Union; Free trade areas; Policy reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644606185     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116504047310     Document Type: Article

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