Democracy and legitimacy in the European Union

Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Thomassen, Jacques ^c,d   Schmitt, Hermann ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democratic deficit; European Union; Legitimacy; Party manifestos

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942639932     PISSN: 0040716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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