Do member states make European policies work? Analysing the EU transposition deficit

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 757-778

  Haverland, Markus ^a   Romeijn, Marleen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; MITIGATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY;

BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREECE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548278291     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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