Political Institutions and the Opinion-Policy Link

West European Politics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1407-1432

  Wlezien, Christopher ^a   Soroka, Stuart N ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

CANADA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867193132     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2012.713752     Document Type: Article

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