Institutional context, organizational resources and strategic choices: Explaining interest group access in the European Union

European Union Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-362

  Eising, Rainer ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access and influence; Comparative politics; European Union; Interest groups; Organization theory; Political exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547831006     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116507079542     Document Type: Article

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