Post-Accession Policy-Making in Bulgaria and Romania: Can Non-state Actors Use EU Rules to Promote Better Governance?

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-156

  Dimitrova, Antoaneta ^a   Buzogány, Aron ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b German Research Institute for Public Administration   (Germany)

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EID: 84890169504     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12084     Document Type: Article

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