Supplementing the effective number of parties

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-504

  Taagepera, Rein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity in party sizes; Effective number of parties

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033485572     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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