Political representation in comparative politics

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2004, Pages 273-296

  Powell Jr , G Bingham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Election laws; Issue congruence; Proportional representation; Vote seat correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142679529     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.7.012003.104815     Document Type: Review

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