European administrative centre formation. Lessons from international bureaucracies

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-110

  Trondal, Jarle ^a   Marcussen, Martin ^b   Larsson, Torbjörn ^c   Veggeland, Frode ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Norwegian Agriculture Economics Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

centre formation; European Commission; international bureaucracy; OECD Secretariat; portfolio logic; WTO Secretariat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855369419     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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