How salient is Europe? An analysis of European election manifestos, 1979-2004

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 558-579

  Spoon, Jae Jae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Euromanifestos; European elections; Europeanization; issue salience; politicization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869421277     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512448123     Document Type: Article

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