Two-and-a-half-party systems and the comparative role of the 'half'

Party Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-290

  Siaroff, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Half' party; Hinge party; Two and a half party system; Wing party

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042318776     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068803009003001     Document Type: Article

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