A 'Virtual Third Chamber' for the European Union? National Parliaments after the Treaty of Lisbon

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-465

  Cooper, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION; MODELING; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84859864448     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2012.665735     Document Type: Article

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