Committees and party cohesion in the European parliament

Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-373

  McElroy, Gail ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

European Parliament; party discipline; political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950775472     PISSN: 16155548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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