EU Enlargement and Anticorruption: Lessons Learned from Romania

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-446

  Gugiu, Mihaiela Ristei ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anticorruption; Enlargement; political will; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863957052     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2011.595487     Document Type: Article

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