National versus European: Party Control over Members of the European Parliament

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 607-631

  Mühlböck, Monika ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859844682     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2012.665743     Document Type: Article

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