Preference shaping and party competition: Some empirical and theoretical arguments

Democratic Politics and Party Competition: Essays in Honour of Ian Budge

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 245-270

  Ward, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203965771     Document Type: Chapter

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