Introduction: Religion and the European Union

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1181-1189

  de Vreese, Claes H ^a   Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a   Minkenberg, Michael ^b   Vliegenthart, Rens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

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EID: 79956245556     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380903230652     Document Type: Editorial

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