Who Decides, and How?: Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament

Who Decides, and How?: Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-250

  Ringe, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Committees; European Parliament; European Union; Expertise; Focal points; Information; Parties; Perceived preference coherence; Representation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951901088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572557.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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