Electoral institutions and the politics of coalitions: Why some democracies redistribute more than others

American Political Science Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-181

  Iversen, Torben ^a   Soskice, David ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 33746058993     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055406062083     Document Type: Article

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