A Theory of Functional Legitimacy

• Authors: Nicoli Francesco
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

“ L’Europe se fera dans les crises et elle sera la somme des solutions apportées à ces crises” Jean Monnet, Memoirs, 1978 “I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created.” Romano Prodi, Financial Times, 2001

• Publisher: Fundacja Instytut Nauki o Polityce
• Journal: Polish Journal of Political Science
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 5-31

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Nicoli Francesco

• University of Trento
• University of Amsterdam

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