The global financial crisis and the European union: The irrelevance of integration theory and the pertinence of critical political economy

Globalisation and European Integration: Critical Approaches to Regional Order and International Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 32-50

  Cafruny, Alan W ^a   Ryner, Magnus ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920535105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203122785     Document Type: Chapter

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