A matter of habit the sociological foundations of empowering the European Parliament

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-54

  Goetze, Stefan ^a,b   Rittberger, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Parliament; Institutionalization; Legitimacy; Parliamentary democracy; Sociological institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951210272     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2010.3     Document Type: Article

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