Consistent choice sets? The stances of political parties towards European integration in ten Central East European democracies, 2003-2007

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-75

  Rohrschneider, Robert ^a   Whitefield, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consistency; Party policy; Post communist parties; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949116454     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903464903     Document Type: Article

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