Political parties and interest groups: Disentangling complex relationships

Party Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-25

  Allern, Elin H ^a   Bale, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cartel party thesis; organizational links; party interest group relationships; research review

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455200938     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068811422639     Document Type: Review

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