One Swallow Does Not Make Spring: A Critical Juncture Perspective on the EU Sanctions in Response to the Arab Spring

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 205-225

  Boogaerts, Andreas ^a   Portela, Clara ^b   Drieskens, Edith ^c  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULAR PROTEST; SANCTION;

EGYPT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA;

EID: 84954560688     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2015.1125285     Document Type: Article

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