Social democratic parties and the rise of ecologism: A comparative analysis of Western Europe

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 547-571

  Fagerholm, Andreas ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecologism; Party Change; Party Ideologies; Political Parties; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Social Democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008368394     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2014.34     Document Type: Article

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