Explanations of political euro-scepticism at the individual, regional and national levels

European Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-669

  Lubbers, Marcel ^a   Scheepers, Peer ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic competition; Euro scepticism; Multilevel analysis; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548618161     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701396603     Document Type: Article

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