External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus

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External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus. / Börzel, Tanja A.; van Hüllen, Vera.
Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, 2014. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; No. 59).

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Börzel, TA & van Hüllen, V 2014 'External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus' SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, no. 59, Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22646

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Börzel, T. A., & van Hüllen, V. (2014). External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; No. 59). Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700. https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22646

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Börzel TA, van Hüllen V. External State-Building and Why Norms Matter: The European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus. Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700. 2014 Apr. (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series; 59). doi: 10.17169/refubium-22646

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