The Northern Dimension: 'Multiscalar' regionalism in an enlarging European Union

Cross-Border Governance in the European Union

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 135-156

  Scott, James Wesley ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 33745507812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203563380     Document Type: Chapter

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