Escaping the joint-decision trap: Repetition and sectoral politics in the European Union

West European Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 22-36

  Peters, B Guy ^a  

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; JOINT DECISION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PROCESS; REGIONAL POLITICS;

EUROPE(WEST);

EID: 0030699451     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402389708425189     Document Type: Article

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