Europeanisation and discourse building: The European Commission, European Narratives and European Neighbourhood Policy

Geopolitics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-571

  Jones, Alun ^a   Clark, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 51249085608     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040802203851     Document Type: Article

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