Variable Opinions: The Predictability of Support for Unification in European Mass Publics

Journal of Political Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-141

  de Vries, Catherine ^a   Steenbergen, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ambivalence; EU support; European integration; response variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874472325     PISSN: 15377857     EISSN: 15377865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377857.2013.752654     Document Type: Article

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