Towards a European administrative space?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 506-531

  Olsen, Johan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Convergence; European administrative space; Institutional dynamics; Political order; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042090928     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176032000101244     Document Type: Article

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