Mass production of law. Routinization in the transposition of European directives: A sociological- institutionalist account

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 692-716

  Berglund, Sara ^a   Gange, Ieva ^a   Van Waarden, Frans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europeanization; Policy learning; Routines; Sociological institutionalism; Standard operating procedures; Transposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745993001     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760600808550     Document Type: Article

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