Is the 'hard bargaining' image of the council misleading? The committee of permanent representatives and the local elections directive

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 479-504

  Lewis, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0032219423     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00136     Document Type: Article

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