The party politics of the EU and immigration /

Why are the EU and immigration such complicated questions for political parties to compete on? And what challenges do they present to parties' electoral strategies? By systematically comparing the political mainstream in four West European countries -Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden...

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Main Author: Odmalm, Pontus, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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