Trapped in the logic of the modern state system? European integration in the wake of the financial crisis

Geopolitics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 705-723

  Murphy, Alexander B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MONETARY UNION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84883448333     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2012.748658     Document Type: Article

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