Policy positioning in the European Parliament

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-167

  McElroy, Gail ^a   Benoit, Kenneth ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Parliament; expert surveys; legislative politics; party cohesion; party competition; policy positions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856080628     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511416680     Document Type: Article

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