Non-compliance with EU directives in the member states: Opposition through the backdoor?

West European Politics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 452-473

  Falkner, Gerda ^a   Hartlapp, Miriam ^b   Leiber, Simone ^c   Treib, Oliver ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^c Integration Policy Department   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3142755720     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0140238042000228095     Document Type: Article

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