Is Party Type Relevant to an Explanation of Policy Congruence? Catch-all versus Ideological Parties in the Portuguese Case

Most research on policy congruence has failed to provide an explanation for it. Party characteristics are acknowledged to be relevant, but the literature has not achieved a consensus as to their effective importance. Nor has there thus far been an analysis of the implications for results of using di...

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Main Author: Belchior, Ana Maria (author)
Other Authors: Freire, André (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5405
Country:Portugal
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