Individual ambition and institutional opportunity: A conceptual approach to political careers in multi-level systems

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-140

  Borchert, Jens ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambition; Career types; Multi level systems; Political careers; Political office; Structure of opportunity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICS;

EID: 79957887738     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2011.529757     Document Type: Article

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