The Debt Crisis and European Democratic Legitimacy

The Debt Crisis and European Democratic Legitimacy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-96

  Macartney, Huw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137298010     Document Type: Book

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