Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy

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Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy. / Larsen, Henrik.

I: Journal of Common Market Studies, Bind 58, Nr. 4, 2020, s. 962-977.

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Larsen, H 2020, 'Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy', Journal of Common Market Studies, bind 58, nr. 4, s. 962-977. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12998

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Larsen, H. (2020). Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(4), 962-977. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12998

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Larsen H. Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy. Journal of Common Market Studies. 2020;58(4):962-977. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12998

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Larsen, Henrik. / Normative Power Europe or Capability-Expectations Gap? The Performativity of Concepts in the Study of European Foreign Policy. I: Journal of Common Market Studies. 2020 ; Bind 58, Nr. 4. s. 962-977.

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