Opinion formation in foreign policy: The Swiss experience

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-471

  Marquis, Lionel ^a   Sciarini, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Foreign policy; Opinion formation; Survey data; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; FOREIGN POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PROCESS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033485847     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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