The art of handing over: (Mis)managing party leadership successions

Government and Opposition

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-404

  Bynander, Fredrik ^a   'T Hart, Paul ^a  

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EID: 45749134220     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2008.00259.x     Document Type: Review

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