Voting on Europe, again and again: Stability and change in the Irish experience with EU referendums

Electoral Studies

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-182

  Marsh, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

European Union; Issue voting; Referendums; Second order elections; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939980707     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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