The spatial approach to the party mandate

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-447

  Louwerse, Tom ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79960196708     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsr012     Document Type: Article

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