Which countries learn from which?: A comparative analysis of the direction of mutual learning processes within the open method of coordination committees of the European union and among the Nordic countries

Cooperation and Conflict

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-442

  Nedergaard, Peter ^a  

^a CBS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EU; Mutual learning; Nordic cooperation; OMC; Open method of coordination; Policy learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751075181     PISSN: 00108367     EISSN: 14603691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010836706069870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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