Where there is discord, can they bring harmony? Managing intra-party dissent on european integration in the conservative party

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-339

  Lynch, Philip ^a   Whitaker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative Party; European integration; Euroscepticism; Intra party divisions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; LIBERALISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY APPROACH; POLITICAL INTEGRATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84879795541     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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