Electoral engineering in Papua New Guinea: Lessons from Fiji and elsewhere

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 122-133

  Fraenkel, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 2942674560     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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