No ode to joy reflections on the European Union's legitimacy

International Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 667-690

  Longo, Michael ^a   Murray, Philomena ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

crisis; EU; eurozone; legitimacy; Lisbon; referendum

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; REFERENDUM;

EUROPE;

EID: 83455264034     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: 17403898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2011.29     Document Type: Article

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