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The Narrative Construction of the European Union in External Relations 欧盟对外关系中的叙事建构

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785264

Cristian Niţoiu

引用次数: 19

Making the Mythical European: Elucidating the EU's Powerful Integration Instrument of Discursive Identity Construction 创造神话般的欧洲:阐释欧盟话语认同建构的强大整合工具

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785259

S. Bostancı

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引用次数: 3

‘Bursting the Brussels Bubble’: Using Ethnography to Explore the European Parliament as a Transnational Political Field “打破布鲁塞尔泡沫”:用民族志探索欧洲议会作为一个跨国政治领域

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785260

Amy C. Busby

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引用次数: 16

The EU and Russia: Competing Discourses, Practices and Interests in the Shared Neighbourhood 欧盟与俄罗斯:共享周边的竞争话语、实践与利益

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785261

Vanda Amaro Dias

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引用次数: 35

Coordinative Discourses in Brussels: An Agency-oriented Model of EU Foreign Policy Analysis 布鲁塞尔的协调话语:一个机构导向的欧盟外交政策分析模型

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785265

N. Tomić

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引用次数: 6

The Battle Against Unfair Trade in the EU Trade Policy: A Discourse Analysis of Trade Protection 反对欧盟贸易政策中的不公平贸易:贸易保护的话语分析

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2013.785263

J. Mathieu, Sharon Weinblum

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引用次数: 7

Nationhood across Europe: The Civic–Ethnic Framework and the Distinction between Western and Eastern Europe 欧洲的国家地位:公民-民族框架和西欧与东欧的区别

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2012.732391

Gal Ariely

引用次数: 27

Polish Business Lobbying in the EU 2004–2009: Examining the Patterns of Influence 2004-2009年波兰在欧盟的商业游说:影响模式的检验

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2012.732394

Agnieszka K. Cianciara

引用次数: 3

The Political Dimension of the Greek Financial Crisis 希腊金融危机的政治层面

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2012.732392

Pantelis Sklias, Georgios Maris

引用次数: 32

Between Democratisation and Democratic Consolidation: The Long Path to Democracy in Kosovo 在民主化与民主巩固之间:科索沃通往民主的漫长道路

Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pub Date : 2013-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/15705854.2012.732395

F. Cocozzelli

引用次数: 10