The European parliament and the commission crisis: A new assertiveness?

Governance

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-374

  Judge, David ^a   Earnshaw, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036662358     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0952-1895.00192     Document Type: Review

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