Transcending or Descending? European Integration in Times of Crisis

European Political Science Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-22

  Lefkofridi, Zoe ^a   Schmitter, Philippe C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

crisis; European integration; neo functionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896588152     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773914000046     Document Type: Review

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