Re-visiting the Partnership Principle in Cohesion Policy: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Structural Funds Monitoring

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-717

  Batory, Agnes ^a   Cartwright, Andrew ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 79957907659     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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