Rehabilitating duverger's theory: Testing the mechanical and strategic modifying effects of electoral laws

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 679-708

  Clark, William Roberts ^a   Golder, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duverger; Electoral institutions; Party systems; Social heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644920477     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005278420     Document Type: Article

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