Designing and justifying regional reforms: Lessons from Romania

Policy and Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-600

  Dobre, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enlargement; Europeanisation; Regional reforms; Regionalisation; Romania

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; POLITICS; REFORM PROCESS; REGIONALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049094386     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/147084408X349783     Document Type: Article

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