One electorate or many? Differences in party preference formation between new and established European democracies

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-600

  van der Brug, Wouter ^a   Franklin, Mark ^b,c   Tóka, Gábor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Comparative politics; Elections; EU member states; Voters

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53349175193     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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