Where to count parties

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Gaines, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition indices; Electoral districts; Party systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010089166     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3794(96)00056-x     Document Type: Article

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