Segmented europeanization: Exploring the legitimacy of the European union from a public discourse perspective

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-155

  Sifft, Stefanie ^a   Brüggemann, Michael ^a   Königslöw, Katharina Kleinen V ^a   Peters, Bernhard ^b   Wimmel, Andreas ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

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EID: 33846937056     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00706.x     Document Type: Review

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