West European Politics, Volume 40, Issue 2 (2017)

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The dark side of the German ‘welcome culture’: investigating the causes behind attacks on refugees in 2015
Sebastian Jäckle & Pascal D. König
Pages: 223-251
Published online: 16 Aug 2016
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Prime ministers and the electoral cost of using the confidence vote in legislative bargaining: evidence from France
Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard & Isabelle Guinaudeau
Pages: 252-274
Published online: 23 Jun 2016
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Bicameralism in the European Union: parliamentary scrutiny as a tool for reinforcing party unity
Daniel Finke
Pages: 275-294
Published online: 28 Jun 2016
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The role of personal parliamentary assistants in the European Parliament
Andreja Pegan
Pages: 295-315
Published online: 20 Jun 2016
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Red Europe versus no Europe? The impact of attitudes towards the EU and the economic crisis on radical-left voting
Laurie Beaudonnet & Raul Gomez
Pages: 316-335
Published online: 23 Sep 2016
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Do voters learn? Evidence that voters respond accurately to changes in political parties’ policy positions
Henrik Bech Seeberg, Rune Slothuus & Rune Stubager
Pages: 336-356
Published online: 20 Nov 2016
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The predictive power of the left-right self-placement scale for the policy positions of voters and parties
Christophe Lesschaeve
Pages: 357-377
Published online: 28 Sep 2016
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Electoral volatility and the dynamics of electoral reform
Lidia Núñez, Pablo Simón & Jean-Benoit Pilet
Pages: 378-401
Published online: 23 Jun 2016
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Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy
Fernando Casal Bértoa
Pages: 402-429
Published online: 18 Aug 2016
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Technocratic attitudes: a citizens’ perspective of expert decision-making
Eri Bertsou & Giulia Pastorella
Pages: 430-458
Published online: 08 Nov 2016
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The dilemmas of pursuing ‘throughput legitimacy’ through participatory mechanisms
Ingi Iusmen & John Boswell
Pages: 459-478
Published online: 03 Aug 2016
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ELECTIONS IN CONTEXT

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The Irish general election of February 2016: towards a new politics or an early election?
Conor Little
Pages: 479-488
Published online: 18 Aug 2016
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Oxford handbook of Italian politics
Francesco Zucchini
Pages: 489-490
Published online: 29 Nov 2016
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Democracy in Poland: representation, participation, competition and accountability since 1989
Jan Kubik
Pages: 490-492
Published online: 30 Nov 2016
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Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987: the politics of triumph and despair
Brian Girvin
Pages: 492-494
Published online: 20 Dec 2016
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The Europeanization of politics: the formation of a European electorate and party system in historical perspective
Caroline McEvoy
Pages: 494-495
Published online: 29 Nov 2016
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The European Union and the rise of regionalist parties
Paolo Chiocchetti
Pages: 495-496
Published online: 30 Nov 2016
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European integration between interests and norms
Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski
Pages: 497-499
Published online: 29 Nov 2016
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Europe managing the crisis: the politics of fiscal consolidation
Abel Bojar
Pages: 499-501
Published online: 30 Nov 2016
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An ever more powerful court? The political constraints of legal integration in the European Union
Sabine Saurugger
Pages: 501-502
Published online: 25 Jan 2017
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Corrigendum

Correction
Corrigendum
Page: (i)
Published online: 17 Jan 2017
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