Second-order elections versus first-order thinking: how voters perceive the representation process in a multi-layered system of governance

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-664

  Clark, Nick ^a   Rohrschneider, Robert ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

elections to the European Parliament; public behavior in the EU; representation in the EU; Second order elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954657612     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330903145906     Document Type: Article

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