Challenging the State Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility: A Comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom

Challenging the State Devolution and the Battle for Partisan Credibility: A Comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-288

  Alonso, Sonia ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

belgium; centre periphery conflict; devolution; electoral party competition; electoral strategies; italy; peripheral parties; spain; state parties; united kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874459373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691579.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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