(How) do norms guide Presidency behaviour in EU negotiations?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 727-742

  Niemann, Arne ^a   Mak, Jeannette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Court of Audit ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Council Presidency; EU negotiations; Norms; Rational choice institutionalism; Sociological institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954052026     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501761003748732     Document Type: Article

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