Bureaucratic change in the European administrative space: The case of the European commission

West European Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-700

  Balint, Tim ^a   Bauer, Michael W ^a   Knill, Christoph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 47249112301     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380801905967     Document Type: Article

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