First or Second order referendums? Understanding the votes on the EU constitutional treaty in four EU member states

West European Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-772

  Glencross, Andrew ^a   Trechsel, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; NATIONAL POLITICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960705633     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.572390     Document Type: Article

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