Ever closer or ever wider? Public attitudes towards further enlargement and integration in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 664-680

  Hobolt, Sara B ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; enlargement; European integration; eurozone crisis; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899634997     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.897746     Document Type: Article

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