Political institutions under stress? Assessing the impact of European integration on French political institutions

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1117-1134

  Grossman, Emiliano ^a,b   Sauger, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a Centre for Political Research of Sciences   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

European Affairs Committee; Europeanization; Executive legislative relations; Parliamentary scrutiny; Political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648878333     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760701576593     Document Type: Article

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