Spurious majorities, electoral systems and electoral system change

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-160

  Siaroff, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA;

EID: 0041312497     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040412331310131     Document Type: Article

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