South East Europe's electricity sector: Attractions, obstacles and challenges of Europeanisation

Utilities Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-12

  Deitz, Laura ^a,b   Stirton, Lindsay ^c   Wright, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy Community; Europeanisation; Quality of governance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58549088125     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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