How Italian regulatory policy encounters Europe

European Political Science Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-350

  Natalini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

better regulation; Europeanization; public policy; simplification; technocracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011518979     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909990312     Document Type: Article

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