How to put matters right? Assessing the role of civil society in EU accountability

West European Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1117-1141

  Kohler Koch, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CIVIL SOCIETY; EUROPEAN UNION; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 77955343581     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2010.486141     Document Type: Article

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