Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2007, 43(3): 523-560 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.3.02

'It's the Economy, Stupid' Popular Support for EU Accession in the Czech Republic

Pat Lyons
Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Prague

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Lyons, P. (2007). 'It's the Economy, Stupid' Popular Support for EU Accession in the Czech Republic. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 43(3), 523-560. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.3.02
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