A sheep in wolf's clothing or a gift from heaven? Left-left coalitions in comparative perspective

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  Hough, Dan ^a   Verge, Tània ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coalition formation; Germany; Left Party; Spain; United Left

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMMUNISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350051502     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560802692264     Document Type: Article

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