Between bargaining and deliberation: Decision-making in the council of the european union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 665-679

  Warntjen, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Council of the European Union; Culture of consensus; Modes of decision making; Observational equivalence; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954044590     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501761003748641     Document Type: Article

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