Motivating the European voter: Parties, issues and campaigns in European Parliament elections

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 701-727

  Hobolt, Sara B ^a   Spoon, Jae Jae ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

European Parliament; Politicisation; Second order elections; Voter behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865718551     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2012.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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