The impact of at-large elections: Vote dilution or choice dilution?

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-567

  Scarrow, Howard A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At large elections; Election systems; Vote dilution; Voting Rights Act

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033485294     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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