Euroscepticism and education: A longitudinal study of 12 EU member states, 1973-2010

European Union Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 522-541

  Hakhverdian, Armen ^a   van Elsas, Erika ^a   van der Brug, Wouter ^a   Kuhn, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; euroscepticism; Maastricht; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888037362     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116513489779     Document Type: Article

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