Partisan Sorting and Niche Parties in Europe

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1272-1294

  Adams, James ^a   Ezrow, Lawrence ^b   Leiter, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; ELECTION; ELITE POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867193094     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2012.713746     Document Type: Article

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