Economic Integration, Party Polarisation and Electoral Turnout

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-265

  Steiner, Nils D ^a   Martin, Christian W ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84858132681     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.648005     Document Type: Article

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