Legislators' positions and party system competition in Central America: A comparative analysis

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-280

  Zoco, Edurne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Legislators; Polarization; Political competition; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645722459     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806061340     Document Type: Article

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