The Committees of Independent Experts: Expertise in the service of democracy?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 695-709

  Lequesne, Christian ^a   Rivaud, Philippe ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accountability; Committee of Independent Experts; Parliamentary control in the EU; Supranational democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344197737     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176032000124041     Document Type: Review

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