Public Support for European Integration

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 413-432

  Hobolt, Sara B ^a   De Vries, Catherine E ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elections; European integration; European Union; Euroskepticism; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969758477     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-042214-044157     Document Type: Review

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