Election and party system effects on policy representation: Bringing time into a comparative perspective

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-179

  Budge, Ian ^a   McDonald, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY REFORM; POST-WAR; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846849543     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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