Obtaining party positions on immigration in Switzerland: Comparing different methods

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-105

  Ruedin, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elections; Migration; Political parties; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875172279     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: 16626370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spsr.12018     Document Type: Article

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