When 'Bolkestein' is trapped by the French anti-liberal discourse:1 A discursive-institutionalist account of preference formation in the realm of European Union multi-level politics

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1253-1270

  Crespy, Amandine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bolkestein; Discourse; European Union; France; Institutions; Services Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349247492     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.513584     Document Type: Article

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