National parties in the European Parliament an influence in the committee system?

European Union Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-28

  Whitaker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Committees; European parliament; Legislatures; National party delegations; Roll call votes

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244470505     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116505049606     Document Type: Article

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