Explaining variation in the role of the eu council secretariat in first and second pillar policy-making

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-544

  Dijkstra, Hylke ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common Foreign and Security Policy; Council Secretariat; Delegation; European Union; Principal agent; Rational choice institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952654667     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501761003673526     Document Type: Article

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