Political institutions and satisfaction with democracy: A cross-national analysis of consensus and majoritarian systems

American Political Science Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-81

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a,b   Guillory, Christine A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031286124     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2952259     Document Type: Article

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