The alignment of parties and interest groups in EU legislative politics. A tale of two different worlds?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 534-551

  Beyers, Jan ^a   De Bruycker, Iskander ^a   Baller, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European Commission; European Parliament; interest groups; legislative lobbying; political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924164715     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1008551     Document Type: Article

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