European media coverage of Argentina's debt default and recovery: Distorting the lessons for Europe

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1377-1391

  Mercille, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CURRENCY; DEBT CRISIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; IDEOLOGY; INFLATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOVEREIGNTY;

ARGENTINA; EUROPE;

EID: 84890061177     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2013.831540     Document Type: Article

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