Tracing the cognitive and affective roots of 'party competence': Italy and Britain, 2001

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 548-569

  Bellucci, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOCIAL IMPACT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748152299     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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