The EU's First Response to the 'Arab Spring': A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-284

  Teti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN POLICY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

EGYPT; TUNISIA;

EID: 84868094581     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2012.725297     Document Type: Article

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