When parties matter: A review of the possibilities and limits of partisan influence on public policy

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-183

  Schmidt, Manfred G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030240845     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1996.tb00673.x     Document Type: Review

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