Culture, institutions and campaign effects: Explaining the outcome of Malta's EU accession referendum

West European Politics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-602

  Cini, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REFERENDUM; REGIONAL POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 5044238836     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0140238042000249911     Document Type: Article

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