National identity matters: The limited impact of EU political conditionality in the Western Balkans

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-281

  Freyburg, Tina ^a   Richter, Solveig ^b  

^a University of Zurich and Center for Comparative and International Studies   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditionality; Enlargement; European Union; ICTY; Identity; Western Balkans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649227252     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903561450     Document Type: Article

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