A cosmopolitan analysis of the contradictions in EU regional and enlargement policies as drivers of europeanization

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-305

  Sellar, Christian ^a   McEwen, Laurel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cohesion policy; European Union; Europeanization; geopolitics; Structural funds

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REGIONAL POLICY;

EID: 79961097238     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776411407704     Document Type: Article

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