Institutionalizing Representative Democracy in the European Union: The Case of the European Parliament

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 18-37

  Rittberger, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84856960017     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2011.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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