Interest groups in the european union: How powerful are they?

West European Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1212-1230

  Dur, Andreas ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 54249134778     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380802372662     Document Type: Article

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