Empty nets: Social democracy and the 'catch-all party thesis' in Germany and Sweden

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 635-653

  Allen, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch all parties; Germany; Left Right classification; Social democracy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349167573     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809336389     Document Type: Article

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