Is anyone listening? Mass and elite opinion cueing in the EU

Electoral Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-25

  Sanders, David ^a   Toka, Gabor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Economic and political elites; Elite attitudes; European Union; Heuristics; Mass attitudes; Party cues

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELITE POLITICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEURISTICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84875368808     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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