Polecats, lions, and foxes: Coasian bargaining theory and attempts to legitimate the Union as a constrained form of political power

European Political Science Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-102

  Lord, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

bargaining; democracy; justice; legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859017357     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773910000275     Document Type: Article

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