Technical or Political? An Exploration of the Work of Officials in the Committees of the European Parliament

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-44

  Winzen, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Administrative governance; European parliament; Parliamentary committees

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952021244     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2011.545177     Document Type: Article

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