The problem of democratic legitimacy in a supranational government

EU Administrative Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 541-570

  Larsson, Torbjörn ^a   Schaefer, Guenther F ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institut Europeacute en d'Administration Publique   (Netherlands)

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