Electing mayors: A comparison of different electoral procedures

Local Government Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-608

  van der Kolk, Henk ^a   Rallings, Colin ^b   Thrasher, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344309066     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300393042000318049     Document Type: Article

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