Party ideology and legislative agendas: Estimating contextual policy positions for the study of EU decision-making

European Union Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-625

  König, Thomas ^a   Luig, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU decision making; EUR Lex; issue saliencies; legislative agenda; party ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869427112     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512444322     Document Type: Article

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