Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-582

  Afonso, Alexandre ^a,b   Fontana, Marie Christine ^a,c   Papadopoulos, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europeanisation; Political cleavages; Social democracy; Switzerland; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956246172     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X501794     Document Type: Article

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