Political sequences and the stabilization of interparty competition: Electoral volatility in old and new democracies

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-178

  Mainwaring, Scott ^a   Zoco, Edurne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Electoral volatility; Party system; Political parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846670154     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807073852     Document Type: Article

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