Title:On the Strategic Use of the Preliminary Reference System: Plausible Assumptions v. Empirical Reality
Author(s):SLEPCEVIC, ReinhardDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper, I examine a central assumption of the neo-functionalist theory of European integration empirically: that interest groups use the preliminary reference system strategically in order to pursue their policy ...