European agencies as agents of governance and EU learning

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1224-1243

  Zito, Anthony R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracies; Environmental agencies; European Union; Organizational learning; Policy learning; Principal agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449396873     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903332795     Document Type: Article

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