Secretariat, facilitator or policy entrepreneur? Role perceptions of officials of the council secretariat

EIOP European Integration Online Papers

Volumn 14, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Juncos, Ana E ^a   Pomorska, Karolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFSP; Council secretariat general; ESDP; European officials; External relations; Governance; Institutionalisation; Institutions; Political science; Role conceptions; Role conflict; Role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957065220     PISSN: 10275193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1695/2010007     Document Type: Article

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