Support for the euro, political knowledge, and voting behavior in the 2001 and 2005 UK general elections

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-389

  Tillman, Erik R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Euro; European Union; political knowledge; UK politics; voting behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865308072     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512439634     Document Type: Article

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