Do parties matter in internationalised policy areas? The impact of political parties on environmental policy outputs in 18 OECD countries, 1970 2000

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-336

  Knill, Christoph ^a   Debus, Marc ^b   Heichel, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 77954339965     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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