Parties and accountable government in new democracies

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-274

  Carey, John ^a,c   Reynolds, Andrew ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Democratic consolidation; Democratic transitions; Electoral systems; Party discipline; Political parties; Responsible party government; Roll call votes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846677982     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807073866     Document Type: Article

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