Small states in the european union: What do we know and what would we like to know?

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-668

  Thorhallsson, Baldur ^a   Wivel, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 85050170723     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557570601003502     Document Type: Article

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