The Multilevel Parliamentary Field: A framework for theorizing representative democracy in the EU

European Political Science Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-271

  Crum, Ben ^a   Fossum, John E ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

democratic deficit; democratic theory; European integration; inter parliamentary relations; political representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436478     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909000186     Document Type: Article

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