Learning within the European Commission: the case of environmental integration

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 980-998

  Koch, Martin ^a   Lindenthal, Alexandra ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental integration; European Commission; organizational learning; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855839790     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.599968     Document Type: Article

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