The radical left in coalition government: Towards a comparative measurement of success and failure

Party Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-504

  Dunphy, Richard ^a   Bale, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coalition; government; office and votes; policy; radical left parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959593982     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068811400524     Document Type: Article

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