Policy Without Politicians: Bureaucratic Influence in Comparative Perspective

Policy Without Politicians: Bureaucratic Influence in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-208

  Page, Edward C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; European commission; European union; France; Germany; Policy making; Secondary legislation; Sweden; United kingdom; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867017023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199645138.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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