Committee decision-making in the Council of the European Union

European Union Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-328

  Häge, Frank M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bureaucratic discretion; Committee decision making; Council of the European Union; Delegation; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547844302     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116507079539     Document Type: Article

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