Information effects and mass support for EU policy control

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-557

  Clark, Nicholas ^a   Hellwig, Timothy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy deficit; EU policy authority; EU support; information effects; policy preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865303219     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512441506     Document Type: Article

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