Second-order effects plus pan-European political swings: An analysis of European Parliament elections across time

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-15

  Hix, Simon ^a   Marsh, Michael ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elections; European Parliment; European Union; Parties; Party families; Political behaviour; Second order

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952316879     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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