Impaling dracula: How EU accession empowered civil society in Romania

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-141

  Parau, Cristina Elena ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57449093095     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380802509917     Document Type: Article

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