Does European integration lead to a 'presidentialization' of executive politics?: Ministerial Selection in Swedish postwar cabinets

European Union Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-252

  Bäck, Hanna ^a   Dumont, Patrick ^b   Meier, Henk Erik ^c   Persson, Thomas ^d   Vernby, Kåre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European integration; Europeanization; Executive politics; Ministerial selection; Presidentialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049162101     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116509103369     Document Type: Article

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