Pre-election positions and voting behaviour in parliament: Consistency among Swiss MPs

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-564

  Schwarz, Daniel ^a   Schädel, Lisa ^b   Ladner, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Legislative behaviour; Members of parliament; Pledge fulfilment; Swiss elections; Vote advice applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650082228     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2010.tb00440.x     Document Type: Review

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