Why parties adapt: Electoral reform, party finance and party strategy in Belgium

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-368

  Hooghe, Marc ^a   Maddens, Bart ^a   Noppe, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Duverger's Law; Electoral reform; Electoral threshold; Party finance; Party systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748940942     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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