Policy framing in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-666

  Daviter, Falk ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; European Union; policy framing; political representation; politicization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249083811     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760701314474     Document Type: Article

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