The changing relationship between left–right ideology and euroscepticism, 1973–2010

European Union Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 194-215

  van Elsas, Erika ^a   van der Brug, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European integration; Euroscepticism; leftright ideology; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930514935     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116514562918     Document Type: Article

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