'In the face of adversity': Explaining the attitudes of EEAS officials vis-à-vis the new service

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1332-1349

  Juncos, Ana E ^a   Pomorska, Karolina ^b  

^a University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; European External Action Service; European foreign policy; international civil servants; organizational reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883490038     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.758451     Document Type: Article

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