EU conciliation delegates: Responsible or runaway agents?

West European Politics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1015-1034

  Rasmussen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 29344440530     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380500310675     Document Type: Article

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