Is the grass really greener? The rationale and reality of support party status: A New Zealand case study

Party Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-364

  Bale, Tim ^a   Dann, Christine ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coalition; Green; Minority government; New Zealand; Support party

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038889937     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068802008003005     Document Type: Article

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