Playground or democratisation? New participatory procedures at the European Commission

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-107

  Holler, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Democracy; European commission; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950933694     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2010.tb00153.x     Document Type: Article

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