Political party contestation over Europe in the mass media: Who criticizes Europe, how, and why?

European Political Science Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-463

  Statham, Paul ^a   Koopmans, Ruud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

claims making; European integration; Euroscepticism; mass media; political party contestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011458204     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909990154     Document Type: Article

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