The alternative vote and ethnic accommodation: New evidence from Papua New Guinea

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Reilly, Ben ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative vote; First past the post; Preferential voting; Proportional representation

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ETHNIC RELATIONS; HOROWITZ, D.;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0030733574     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3794(96)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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