Democratising party leadership selection in Belgium: Motivations and decision makers

Political Studies

Volumn 62, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 61-80

  Wauters, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Leadership selection; Party leader; Party members; Primaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873937893     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12002     Document Type: Article

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