Are politics local? An analysis of voting patterns in 23 democracies

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-170

  Morgenstern, Scott ^a   Swindle, Stephen M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral systems; Nationalization; Personal vote; Presidentialism, parliamentarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544304092     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414004271081     Document Type: Article

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