Promoting embedded democracy? Researching the substance of EU democracy promotion

European Foreign Affairs Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-588

  Wetzel, Anne ^a   Orbie, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84889031884     PISSN: 13846299     EISSN: 18758223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/eerr2011039     Document Type: Article

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