Regional Nationalist Parties and Constitutional Change in Parliamentary Democracies: A Framework for Analysis

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 427-446

  Toubeau, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agenda setting; constitutional change; decision making; ideology; political parties; Regional nationalism; territorial restructuring

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; IDEOLOGY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84859077868     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2011.578929     Document Type: Article

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