Who lobbies the European Union? National interest groups in a multilevel polity

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 969-987

  Dür, Andreas ^a   Mateo, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Civil society; EU legislation; European Union; interest groups; lobbying; survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863558740     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.672103     Document Type: Article

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