Shifting Europe's boundaries: Mass media, public opinion and the enlargement of the EU

European Union Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-267

  Maier, Jürgen ^a   Rittberger, Berthold ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enlargement; Experiment; Mass media; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349138837     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116508089087     Document Type: Article

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