Minor parties in plurality electoral systems

Party Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-107

  Gerring, John ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral system; Federalism; Parties; Party system; Presidentialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844300365     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068805048474     Document Type: Article

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