Ambivalent Europeans? Public Support for European Integration in East and West

Government and Opposition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 434-461

  de Vries, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011457204     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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