Economic Hardship and Policy Preferences in the Eurozone Periphery: Evidence From Spain

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 874-906

  Fernández Albertos, José ^a   Kuo, Alexander ^b  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

austerity; Euro; European politics; political behavior; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965179939     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414016633224     Document Type: Article

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