Standing apart and sitting together: Enforcing coalition agreements in multiparty systems

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-283

  Timmermans, Arco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33645692142     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2006.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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