Cross-temporal and cross-national comparisons of party left-right positions

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-75

  McDonald, Michael D ^a   Mendes, Silvia M ^b   Kim, Myunghee ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative manifesto project; Expert survey; Left right; Party family; Party position movement

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTY POLITICS; SURVEY;

EID: 33846783211     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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