Discontinuity: Another source of the EU's democratic deficit?

European Union Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-432

  König, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democratic deficit; Discontinuity; EU legislative studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547845253     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116507079548     Document Type: Article

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