Political elites’ media responsiveness and their individual political goals: A study of national politicians in Belgium

Research and Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sevenans, Julie ^a   Walgrave, Stefaan ^a   Vos, Debby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Media responsiveness; Parliament; Political elites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973291949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053168015593307     Document Type: Article

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