The Eduskunta and the parliamentarisation of Finnish politics: Formally stronger, politically still weak?

West European Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-599

  Raunio, Tapio ^a   Wiberg, Matti ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 41849126755     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380801939842     Document Type: Article

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