The European Union and the autonomy of sub-national authorities: Towards an analysis of constraints and opportunities in sub-national decision-making

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-98

  Fleurke, Frederik ^a   Willemse, Rolf ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Europeanization; Local and regional government; Local autonomy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 33644822058     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560500533752     Document Type: Article

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