The legitimation of EMU: Lessons from the early years of the euro

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 800-819

  Deroose, Servaas ^a   Hodson, Dermot ^b   Kuhlmann, Joost ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Economic governance; EMU; Legitimacy; Public opinion; The euro

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648938150     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290701642697     Document Type: Article

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