Turning swift policy-making into deadlock and delay: National policy coordination and the transposition of EU directives

European Union Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-319

  Steunenberg, Bernard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic players; EU policy process; National policy coordination; Transposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746997528     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116506066258     Document Type: Article

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