Rituals of legitimation: Organizing accountability in EU employment policy

Organizing Transnational Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-146

  Thedvall, Renita ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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