European integration in anthropological perspective: Studying the 'culture' of the EU civil service

Observing Government Elites: Up Close and Personal

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 180-205

  Shore, Cris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230592360     Document Type: Chapter

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