The aggregating function of political parties in EU decision-making

Living Reviews in European Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-33

  Lord, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democracy; European elections; European parliament; Legislative procedure; MEPs; Participation; Political parties; Political representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951249120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1813856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lreg-2010-3     Document Type: Article

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