European parliament elections and EU governance

Living Reviews in European Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-30

  Marsh, Michael ^a   Mikhaylov, Slava ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Economic performance; European elections; European parliament; Methodological issues; Participation; Political parties; Political representation; Protest; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954557829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1813856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12942/lreg-2010-4     Document Type: Article

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