Role of the political elite in Swiss direct-democratic votes

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 599-622

  Kriesi, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campaign spending; Coalition formation; Direct democracy; Political elites; Popular initiatives and referendums; Swiss politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747601862     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806066790     Document Type: Article

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