The politics of governance architectures: Creation, change and effects of the EU lisbon strategy

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-484

  Borrás, Susana ^a   Radaelli, Claudio M ^b  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European integration; Governance; Institutions; Instruments; Lisbon strategy; Open method of co ordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957656689     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.560069     Document Type: Article

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