The changing demography of the EU interest system since 1990

European Union Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-461

  Berkhout, Joost ^a   Lowery, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; interest groups; lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956321321     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116510369264     Document Type: Article

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