Moderate now, win votes later: The electoral consequences of parties policy shifts in 25 postwar democracies

Journal of Politics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 678-692

  Adams, James ^a   Somer Topcu, Zeynep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67749093493     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381609090537     Document Type: Article

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