Out of left field? Explaining the variable electoral success of European radical left parties

Party Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-53

  March, Luke ^a   Rommerskirchen, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electoral success; euroscepticism; radical left; socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919654615     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068812462929     Document Type: Article

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