Cross-cutting issues and party strategy in the European Union

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-411

  Parsons, Craig ^a   Weber, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cleavages; cross cutting issues; European Union; parties; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953077588     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010393474     Document Type: Article

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