Treaty reform and the commission's appointment and policy-making role in the European Union

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-314

  Crombez, Christophe ^a,b   Hix, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Commission; European Union; legislative procedures; spatial models

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053617359     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511409601     Document Type: Article

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