Veto players and referendums around the world

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 465-515

  Hug, Simon ^a   Tsebelis, George ^b  

^a Inst für Politikwissenschaft   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional analysis; Referendums; Veto players

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036382996     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095162902774006831     Document Type: Article

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