Administrative governance in the CFSP: Development and practice

European Foreign Affairs Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-182

  Duke, Simon ^a   Vanhoonacker, Sophie ^b  

^a Institut Europeacute en d'Administration Publique   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85044811402     PISSN: 13846299     EISSN: 18758223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/eerr2006015     Document Type: Review

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