The voter says no, but nobody listens: causes and consequences of the Eurosceptic vote in the 2014 European elections

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1541-1554

  Treib, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti establishment politics; EU issue voting; European Parliament elections; Euroscepticism; populism; second order elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926228878     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2014.941534     Document Type: Article

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