Escaping Joint-Decision Traps: National and Supranational Experiences Compared

The EU's Decision Traps: Comparing Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Benz, Arthur ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutional policy; Convention; Federal state; Intergovernmental coordination; Multilevel governance; Negotiation; Treaty amendment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921687861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596225.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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