Comitology: Who watches the watchmen?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Dehousse, Renaud ^a,b  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Comitology; European Commission; European Court of Justice; European Parliament; Institutions; Parliamentary control

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744223435     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176032000124096     Document Type: Review

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