Party dominance and the logic of electoral design in Mexico's transition to democracy

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-293

  Diaz Cayeros, Alberto ^a   Magaloni, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Electoral system; Institutional design; Party dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536003     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095169280101300303     Document Type: Article

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