How does the EU tick? Five propositions on political time

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-220

  Goetz, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cycles; EU; Europeanization; Political time; Temporal plurality; Timetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449266376     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760802589214     Document Type: Article

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