Can-Duverger's Law be extended to SNTV? The case of Taiwan's legislative Yuan elections

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-116

  Hsieh, John Fuh sheng ^b   Niemi, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Duverger's Law; Electoral systems; SNTV; Taiwan district magnitude

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0345040759     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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