Government positions on the EU services directive in the council: National interests or individual ideological preferences?

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 943-962

  Miklin, Eric ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 70449472644     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380903064879     Document Type: Article

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