Clustered Europeanization and national reform programmes: a qualitative comparative analysis

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1186-1211

  Cacciatore, Federica ^a   Natalini, Alessandro ^b   Wagemann, Claudius ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU2020; Europeanization; financial crisis; growth policies; national reform programmes; QCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930924863     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1011197     Document Type: Article

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