Strategic Re-framing as a Vote Winner: Why Vote-seeking Governments Pursue Unpopular Reforms

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-42

  Elmelund Præstekær, Christian ^a   Emmenegger, Patrick ^a  

^a Department of Political Science ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 84873272736     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2012.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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