Comitology: Fusion in action. politico-administrative trends in the EU system

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-234

  Wessels, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administrative interaction; Comitology; Eurocrats; Europeanization; Fusion view

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032375882     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135017698343956     Document Type: Article

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