Displacement of the Council via informal dynamics? Comparing the Commission and Parliament

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Stacey, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation procedure; European Commission; European Convention; European Council; European Parliament; History making integration; Informal accords; Informal institutions; Informal inter organizational dynamics; Institutional change; Interregnum integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744227303     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176032000148379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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