Stabilizing party systems and excluding segments of society?: The effects of formation costs on new party foundation in Latin America

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 3-27

  Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

LATIN AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844362966     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02686280     Document Type: Article

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