The heuristic value of the left-right schema in East Asia

International Political Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-394

  Jou, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Japan; Left right schema; New Zealand; Party preference; Philippines; Polarization; South Korea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955224569     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512110370721     Document Type: Article

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