EU soft law and the functioning of representative democracy: The use of methods of open co-ordination by Dutch and British parliamentarians

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 874-890

  de Ruiter, Rik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; National parliaments; Netherlands; Open method of co ordination; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955188880     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.486996     Document Type: Article

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