Globalization, party positions, and the median voter

World Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-547

  Ward, Hugh ^a   Ezrow, Lawrence ^a   Dorussen, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052875195     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004388711100013X     Document Type: Article

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