... Who is without sin cast the first stone: The EU's democratic deficit in comparison

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 812-840

  Zweifel, Thomas D ^a  

^a Swiss Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Democracy; Democracy scales; Democratic deficit; European Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036453155     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760210162375     Document Type: Article

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