District magnitude, social heterogeneity and local party system fragmentation

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-297

  Geys, Benny ^a,b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian municipalities; District magnitude; Fragmentation; Social heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645709269     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806061341     Document Type: Article

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