Re-engineering legal opportunity structures in the European Union? The Starting Line Group and the Politics of the Racial Equality Directive

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-241

  Evans Case, Rhonda ^a   Givens, Terri E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77449145871     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2009.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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