Positions and salience in European Union politics: Estimation and validation of a new dataset

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-288

  Veen, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance research; European integration; Europeanization; Longitudinal analysis; Political salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953045545     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116510394381     Document Type: Article

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