EU social-policy governance: Advocating activism or servicing states?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-518

  Edquist, Kristin ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Benchmarking; EU; Governance; Open method of co ordination; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646780899     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760600693879     Document Type: Review

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