Size and party system fragmentation

Party Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-328

  Anckar, Carsten ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electoral system; Party size; Party system fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039973772     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068800006003003     Document Type: Article

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