European economic integration in times of crisis: a case of neofunctionalism?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-218

  Niemann, Arne ^a   Ioannou, Demosthenes ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic and financial crisis; Economic and Monetary Union; European integration; neofunctionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924539166     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.994021     Document Type: Article

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