Hard questions, hard solutions: Proceduralisation through impact assessment in the EU

West European Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-153

  Radaelli, Claudio M ^a   Meuwese, Anne C M ^a  

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ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; EUROPEAN UNION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POWER RELATIONS; REGIONAL POLITICS;

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EID: 74349094987     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380903354189     Document Type: Article

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