The Fortuyn effect revisited: How did the LPF affect the Dutch parliamentary party system?

Acta Politica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-424

  Otjes, Simon ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch politics; new political parties; parliamentary arena; party positions; party systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052712136     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2011.12     Document Type: Article

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