Legislative agenda-setting in parliamentary democracies

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 804-839

  Bräuninger, Thomas ^a   Debus, Marc ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 70349304398     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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