Shattered expectations: The defeat of European ambitions of global financial reform

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-366

  Bieling, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Civil society; euro crisis; financial re regulation; financialization; global financial crisis; power relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896516757     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.882969     Document Type: Article

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