Minority government and legislative politics in a multilevel state: Spain under Zapatero

South European Society and Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-434

  Field, Bonnie N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Government performance; Minority government; Multilevel state; Regional parties; Spain; Zapatero

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

SPAIN;

EID: 77954833343     PISSN: 13608746     EISSN: 17439612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13608740903503829     Document Type: Article

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