From election to government: Principal rules and deviant cases

Government and Opposition

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-357

  Isaksson, Guy Erik ^a  

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EID: 27844483877     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2005.00154.x     Document Type: Review

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