'It's the bureaucracy, stupid': The implementation of the acquis communautaire in EU candidate countries, 1999-2003

European Union Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 531-552

  Hille, Peter ^a   Knill, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europeanization; Implementation; Policy change; Transformation countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750736319     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116506069442     Document Type: Article

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