States' bargaining success in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-676

  Arregui, Javier ^a   Thomson, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bargaining success; European Union; Legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449602266     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760902983168     Document Type: Article

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