Drifting Further Apart: National Parties and their Electorates on the EU Dimension

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-606

  Mattila, Mikko ^a   Raunio, Tapio ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTY POLITICS;

EID: 84859871984     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2012.665742     Document Type: Article

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