Are European Election Campaigns Europeanized? The case of the party of European socialists in 2009

Government and Opposition

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-344

  Hertner, Isabelle ^a  

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EID: 79958157579     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2011.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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