European union actorness in international institutions: Why the EU is recognized as an actor in some international institutions, but not in others

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 849-865

  Gehring, Thomas ^a   Oberthür, Sebastian ^b   Mühleck, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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EID: 84881550759     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12030     Document Type: Article

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