Why resist the temptation to apply power indices to the european union?

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-308

  Garrett, Geoffrey ^a   Tsebelis, George ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agenda setting; European integration; European union; Legislative processes; Power indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460439     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692899011003001     Document Type: Article

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