Speaking with a single voice: Internal cohesiveness and external effectiveness of the EU in global governance

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 961-979

  da Conceição Heldt, Eugénia ^a   Meunier, Sophie ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actorness; cohesiveness; effectiveness; external relations; international negotiations; single voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901628583     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.913219     Document Type: Article

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