From "grand coalition" to left-right confrontation: Explaining the shifting structure of party competition in the European parliament

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 75-96

  Kreppel, Amie ^b   Hix, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coalitions; Constructivist theory; European Parliament; Rational choice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037286885     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414002239372     Document Type: Article

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