The unbearable lightness of membership: Bulgaria and Romania after the 2007 EU accession

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-393

  Andreev, Svetlozar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; EU accession; Europeanization; Political and social developments; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749108606     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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