Mapping out political europe: Coalition patterns in EU decision-making

International Political Science Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Kaeding, Michael ^a   Selck, Torsten J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coalition pattern; Council of Ministers; European Commission; European Parliament; European Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444449432     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512105053785     Document Type: Review

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