Issue salience and the domestic legitimacy demands of European integration. The cases of Britain and Germany

EIOP European Integration Online Papers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kai, Oppermann ^a   Henrike, Viehrig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMU; Euro; European elections; Germany; Integration theory; Legitimacy; Public opinion; Referendum; U.K

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649094906     PISSN: 10275193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1695/2008002     Document Type: Article

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