The shadow of the past: Environmental issues and institutional learning in EU enlargement processes

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-86

  Christiansen, Atle C ^a   Tangen, Kristian ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Comparative analysis; Enlargement; Environmental policy; European Union; Implementation; Institutional learning; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044249886     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jepp.97     Document Type: Review

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