The saliency of regionalization in party systems: A comparative analysis of regional decentralization in party manifestos

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-218

  Mazzoleni, Martino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Elections; Manifestos; Saliency theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449104200     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068808099981     Document Type: Article

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