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Candidates in 2013 Italian general election: evidence from the Italian Candidate Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2015

Aldo Di Virgilio ,
Daniela Giannetti ,
Andrea Pedrazzani  and
Luca Pinto
Aldo Di Virgilio
Affiliation:
University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Daniela Giannetti
Affiliation:
University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Andrea Pedrazzani
Affiliation:
University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Luca Pinto*
Affiliation:
University of Bologna, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Bologna, Italy
*
*E-mail: luca.pinto@unibo.it
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Italian Candidate SurveyComparative Candidate Surveyelite surveyspolitical representationpolicy congruenceparty cohesion
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Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica , Volume 45 , Special Issue 3: The Personal Leader in Contemporary Party Politics , November 2015 , pp. 317 - 342
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