Thinking outside the (ballot) box: Informal electoral institutions and Mexico's political opening

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-54

  Eisenstadt, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; ELECTION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0038333233     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2003.tb00231.x     Document Type: Article

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