Political attention in a coalition system: Analysing Queen's speeches in the Netherlands 1945-2007

Acta Politica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Breeman, Gerard ^a   Lowery, David ^b   Poppelaars, Caelesta ^b   Resodihardjo, Sandra L ^b   Timmermans, Arco ^b   de Vries, Jouke ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 61849104918     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2008.16     Document Type: Article

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