An institutional perspective on treaty reform: Contextualizing the Amsterdam and Nice Treaties

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 120-140

  Sverdrup, Ulf ^a  

^a ARENA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amsterdam; EU; IGC; Institutional theory; Nice; Treaty reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036001672     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760110104208     Document Type: Review

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