Electoral volatility in Brazil

Party Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-545

  Mainwaring, Scott ^a,b  

^a Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Elections; Electoral volatility; Party system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039997807     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068898004004006     Document Type: Article

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