Conditionality by other means: EU involvement in Italy’s structural reforms in the sovereign debt crisis

Stefano Sacchi1,2
1Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
2Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Turin), Italy

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