Balancing competing demands: Position taking and election proximity in the european parliament

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-70

  Lindstädt, René ^a   Slapin, Jonathan B ^b   Wielen, Ryan J Vander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951703307     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-9162.2010.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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