Building better theoretical frameworks of the European Union's policy process

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 807-816

  Zahariadis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; institutional complexity; issue complexity; policy process; policy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878536904     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.781815     Document Type: Article

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