The Dimensionality of the EU Policy Space: The European Elections of 1999

European Union Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-80

  Pennings, Paul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

content analysis; European elections; party cohesiveness; party groups; party manifestos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996225709     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116502003001004     Document Type: Article

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