Cooperative transnationalism in contemporary Europe: Europeanization and political opportunities for LGBT mobilization in the European Union

European Political Science Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-310

  Ayoub, Phillip M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Europeanization; political opportunity structures; sexual minorities and norm diffusion; transnational activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011486596     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773912000161     Document Type: Article

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