Ever more or ever better scrutiny? Analysing the conditions of effective national parliamentary involvement in EU affairs

EIOP European Integration Online Papers

Volumn 14, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sprungk, Carina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accountability; Environmental policy; Europeanization; France; Germany; Multi level governance; National parliaments; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954450030     PISSN: 10275193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1695/2010002     Document Type: Article

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