Measuring group switching in the European Parliament: Methodology, data and trends (1979-2009
Party group switching in the European Parliament (EP), where parliamentarians individually or collectively switch from one party group to the other is a well-known contributor to the volatility of the EP party system. We present a new dataset that contains party group in formation on all MEPs from 1...
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| Language: | eng |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0003-25732012000100004 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S0003-25732012000100004 |