Partisan responses to Europe: The role of ideology for national political parties' positions on European integration

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-207

  Hellström, Johan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European integration; Ideology; Party manifestos; Policy positions; Political parties; Pooled panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349083859     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760701817690     Document Type: Article

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