Explaining EU Aid Allocation in the Mediterranean: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-426

  Reynaert, Vicky ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC REFORM; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL POLICY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84859146991     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2011.613676     Document Type: Article

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