Theorising the EU's diplomatic service: Rational player or social body?

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Theorising the EU's diplomatic service : Rational player or social body? / Adler-Nissen, Rebecca.

The European External Action Service : European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia. ed. / David Spence; Jozef Batora. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. p. 17-40 (The European Union in International Affairs).

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Harvard

Adler-Nissen, R 2015, Theorising the EU's diplomatic service: Rational player or social body? in D Spence & J Batora (eds), The European External Action Service : European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia. Palgrave Macmillan, The European Union in International Affairs, pp. 17-40.

APA

Adler-Nissen, R. (2015). Theorising the EU's diplomatic service: Rational player or social body? In D. Spence, & J. Batora (Eds.), The European External Action Service : European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia (pp. 17-40). Palgrave Macmillan. The European Union in International Affairs

Vancouver

Adler-Nissen R. Theorising the EU's diplomatic service: Rational player or social body? In Spence D, Batora J, editors, The European External Action Service : European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia. Palgrave Macmillan. 2015. p. 17-40. (The European Union in International Affairs).

Author

Adler-Nissen, Rebecca. / Theorising the EU's diplomatic service : Rational player or social body?. The European External Action Service : European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia. editor / David Spence ; Jozef Batora. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. pp. 17-40 (The European Union in International Affairs).

Bibtex

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