Now you see it, now you don’t: Anti-eu politics in central and southeast europe

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-334

  Linden, Ronald H ^a   Pohlman, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Elite mass relations; Euroscepticism; Political culture; Public opinion; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050833223     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0703633032000163175     Document Type: Article

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