Shared hesitance, joint success: Denmark, Finland, and Sweden in the European Union policy process

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-176

  Selck, Torsten J ^a   Kuipers, Sanneke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Denmark; European Union; Finland; Policy success; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344309475     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350176042000311952     Document Type: Article

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