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 information on all meps from 1...

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Main Author: Evans, Ana Maria (author)
Other Authors: Vink, Maarten Peter (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/6174
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/6174