Electoral institutions and the evolution of partisan conventions, 1880-1940

American Politics Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-398

  Harvey, Anna ^a   Mukherjee, Bumba ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Partisanship; Political machines; Political parties; Political party conventions; Political party strength; Progressive reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646171897     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X05281487     Document Type: Article

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