New modes of governance, the Open Method of Co-ordination and other fashionable red herring

Perspectives on European Politics and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-123

  Idema, Timo ^a   Kelemen, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European union; Governance; Open method of coordination; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846970125     PISSN: 15705854     EISSN: 15680258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15705850600839637     Document Type: Article

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