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Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark

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Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark. / Skjæveland, Asbjørn; Juul Christiansen, Flemming.
I: Representation, Bind 54, Nr. 1, 2018, s. 23-35.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Harvard

Skjæveland, A & Juul Christiansen, F 2018, 'Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark', Representation, bind 54, nr. 1, s. 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2018.1461682

APA

Skjæveland, A., & Juul Christiansen, F. (2018). Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark. Representation, 54(1), 23-35. adv. onlinepublikation. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2018.1461682

CBE

Skjæveland A, Juul Christiansen F. 2018. Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark. Representation. 54(1):23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2018.1461682

MLA

Skjæveland, Asbjørn og Flemming Juul Christiansen. "Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark". Representation. 2018, 54(1). 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2018.1461682

Vancouver

Skjæveland A, Juul Christiansen F. Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark. Representation. 2018;54(1):23-35. Epub 2018. doi: 10.1080/00344893.2018.1461682

Author

Skjæveland, Asbjørn ; Juul Christiansen, Flemming. / Putting Party First? Constituency Service in Denmark. I: Representation. 2018 ; Bind 54, Nr. 1. s. 23-35.

Bibtex

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