Europeanization in managing EU affairs: Between divergence and convergence, a comparative study of Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 805-828

  Fink Hafner, Danica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CENTRALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STATE BUILDING;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548275386     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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