The European union as a polity (I)

Handbook of European Union Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 141-158

  Hix, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848607903.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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