Tradition and innovation: Europe's accumulated executive order

West European Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-661

  Curtin, Deirdre ^a   Egeberg, Morten ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; INNOVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57749137748     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380801905868     Document Type: Article

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