EU environmental policy-making in Belgium: Who keeps the gate?

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-179

  Bursens, Peter ^a   Geeraerts, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; European environmental policy; liberal intergovernmentalism; Multi level governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055359818     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330600615813     Document Type: Article

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