The EU Council enlarged: North-South-East or core-periphery?

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-106

  Plechanovová, Běla ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; Council of Ministers; European Union; factor analysis; MCMC

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953060963     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116510390720     Document Type: Article

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