Political parties and their reactions to the erosion of voter loyalty in Belgium: Caught in a trap

Political Parties and Electoral Change: Party Responses to Electoral Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 179-206

  Deschouwer, Kris ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446216224.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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