Following the money: European Union funding of civil society organizations

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1339-1361

  Mahoney, Christine ^a   Beckstrand, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054035144     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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