The lobby regulation element of the European Transparency Initiative: Between liberal and deliberative models of democracy

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-343

  Greenwood, Justin ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; European Transparency Initiative; interest group representativeness; liberal and deliberative democracy; lobby regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957672329     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2010.18     Document Type: Article

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