Policy windows, ambiguity and Commission entrepreneurship: explaining the relaunch of the European Union's economic reform agenda

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Copeland, Paul ^a   James, Scott ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe 2020; European Commission; Lisbon Strategy; policy entrepreneurship; windows of opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890557567     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.800789     Document Type: Article

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