The ideological organization of Latin American legislative parties an empirical analysis of elite policy preferences

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 824-849

  Rosas, Guillermo ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Latin America; Legislatures; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944515481     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414004274386     Document Type: Review

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