Holding their own: Explaining the persistence of green parties in France and the UK

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-634

  Spoon, Jae Jae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Britain; France; Majority systems; Minor parties; Policy goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349179761     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809336397     Document Type: Article

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