Institutional choice in new democracies: Bargaining over Hungary's 1989 electoral law

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-182

  Benoit, Kenneth ^a   Schiemann, John W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Electoral systems; Hungary; Institutional origins; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035593254     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692801013002002     Document Type: Article

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