Explaining Interest Group Interactions with Party Group Members in the European Parliament: Dominant Party Groups and Coalition Formation

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 311-329

  Marshall, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 84924098201     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12163     Document Type: Article

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