Bounded volatility in the Dutch electoral battlefield: A panel study on the structure of changing vote intentions in the Netherlands during 20062010

Acta Politica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-355

  Van Der Meer, Tom ^a   Lubbe, Rozemarijn ^a   Van Elsas, Erika ^a   Elff, Martin ^b   Van Der Brug, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electoral competition; party system; realignment; volatility; voters; voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867056805     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2012.5     Document Type: Article

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