Blame and Punishment? The Electoral Politics of Extreme Austerity in Greece

Political Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-24

  Karyotis, Georgios ^a   Rüdig, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Blame attribution; Economic voting; Second order elections; Securitisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922855824     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12076     Document Type: Article

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