Emotions and voting in EU referendums

European Union Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-254

  Garry, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotions; EU referendums; Ireland; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901020971     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116513514780     Document Type: Article

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