Comparing government agendas: Executive speeches in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Denmark

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 973-1000

  Mortensen, Peter Bjerre ^a   Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^a   Breeman, Gerard ^b   Chaqués Bonafont, Laura ^c   Jennings, Will ^d   John, Peter ^d   Palau, Anna M ^c   Timmermans, Arco ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

elections; executive speeches; issue agendas; politics matters

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960595953     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414011405162     Document Type: Article

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