The Little Engine that Wouldn't: Supranational Entrepreneurship and the Barroso Commission

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-314

  Hodson, Dermot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU economic policy; global financial crisis; Supranational entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876341904     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2013.774779     Document Type: Article

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