The Party System: Open yet Stable

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The Party System : Open yet Stable. / Green-Pedersen, Christoffer; Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina.

Handbook of Danish Politics. ed. / Peter Munk Christiansen; Jørgen Elklit; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 213-229.

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Harvard

Green-Pedersen, C & Kosiara-Pedersen, K 2020, The Party System: Open yet Stable. in PM Christiansen, J Elklit & P Nedergaard (eds), Handbook of Danish Politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 213-229. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.41

APA

Green-Pedersen, C., & Kosiara-Pedersen, K. (2020). The Party System: Open yet Stable. In P. M. Christiansen, J. Elklit, & P. Nedergaard (Eds.), Handbook of Danish Politics (pp. 213-229). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.41

Vancouver

Green-Pedersen C, Kosiara-Pedersen K. The Party System: Open yet Stable. In Christiansen PM, Elklit J, Nedergaard P, editors, Handbook of Danish Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2020. p. 213-229 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.41

Author

Green-Pedersen, Christoffer ; Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina. / The Party System : Open yet Stable. Handbook of Danish Politics. editor / Peter Munk Christiansen ; Jørgen Elklit ; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. 213-229

Bibtex

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