West European Politics, Volume 38, Issue 6 (2015)

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Economy, Type of Government, and Strategic Timing of Elections: Calling Opportunistic Early Elections in OECD Democracies
Pedro Riera
Pages: 1129-1151
Published online: 29 Apr 2015
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Migrants into Members: Social Rights, Civic Requirements, and Citizenship in Western Europe
Gregory Baldi & Sara Wallace Goodman
Pages: 1152-1173
Published online: 22 May 2015
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Explaining Attitudes toward Immigration: The Role of Regional Context and Individual Predispositions
Johannes Karreth, Shane P. Singh & Szymon M. Stojek
Pages: 1174-1202
Published online: 14 Apr 2015
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How Europe’s Political Leaders Made Sense of the Euro Crisis: The Influence of Pressure and Personality
Femke van Esch & Marij Swinkels
Pages: 1203-1225
Published online: 12 Feb 2015
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The Impact of Voter Evaluations of Leaders’ Traits on Voting Behaviour: Evidence from Seven European Countries
Patrício Costa & Frederico Ferreira da Silva
Pages: 1226-1250
Published online: 24 Feb 2015
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Under Which Conditions Do Parties Attract Voters’ Reactions to Issues? Party-Varying Issue Voting in German Elections 1987–2009
Ingrid Mauerer, Paul W. Thurner & Marc Debus
Pages: 1251-1273
Published online: 24 Apr 2015
AbstractforUnder Which Conditions Do Parties Attract Voters’ Reactions to Issues? Party-Varying Issue Voting in German Elections 1987–2009 | Full Text | References | PDF (314.7 KB) | Supplemental
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Voter–Representative Congruence in Europe: A Loss of Institutional Influence?
Branislav Dolný & Pavol Baboš
Pages: 1274-1304
Published online: 17 Jun 2015
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Parties on the Chain of Federalism: Position-Taking and Multi-level Party Competition in Germany
Christian Stecker
Pages: 1305-1326
Published online: 13 Apr 2015
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Agency Termination in the UK: What Explains the ‘Bonfire of the Quangos’?
Chris O’Leary
Pages: 1327-1344
Published online: 25 Feb 2015
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Elections in Context

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A ‘Pivotal Centre Party’ Calls the Shots: The 2015 Finnish General Election
David Arter
Pages: 1345-1353
Published online: 22 Jun 2015
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies
Simon Hug
Pages: 1354-1357
Published online: 17 Aug 2015
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Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe: Recruitment and Representation
Mihail Chiru
Pages: 1357-1358
Published online: 21 Jul 2015
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Representing the People: A Survey Among Members of Statewide and Substate Parliaments
Raphael J. Heuwieser
Pages: 1358-1359
Published online: 21 Jul 2015
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Extreme Right Parties in Scandinavia
David Arter
Pages: 1359-1361
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
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The Nordic Welfare State in Three Eras: From Emancipation to Discipline
Anna Bendz
Pages: 1361-1362
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
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Europe’s Contending Identities: Supranationalism, Ethnoregionalism, Religion, and New Nationalism
Maria Sobolewska
Pages: 1362-1363
Published online: 21 Jul 2015
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Integrating Indifference: A Comparative, Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to the Legitimacy of European Integration
Ben Wellings
Pages: 1363-1365
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
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Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare States
Moira Nelson
Pages: 1365-1366
Published online: 21 Jul 2015
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Corrigendum

Correction
Corrigendum
Femke van Esch & Marij Swinkels
Page: (i)
Published online: 29 Apr 2015
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 17 Aug 2015
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