Trading information for access: informational lobbying strategies and interest group access to the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-58

  Chalmers, Adam William ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access; European Union; information; interest groups; lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870591359     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2012.693411     Document Type: Article

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