Direct democracy and political parties in America

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-669

  Bowler, Shaun ^a   Donovan, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Populism; Third parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747613082     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806066792     Document Type: Article

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