Democracy, legitimacy and soft modes of governance in the EU: the empirical turn

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-548

  Borrás, Susana ^a   Conzelmann, Thomas ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European governance; input legitimacy; OMC; output legitimacy; soft instruments; soft modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055361982     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330701694865     Document Type: Article

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