Rational choice and EU politics

Handbook of European Union Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 31-56

  Pollack, Mark A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848607903.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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