From thaw to deluge: Party system collapse in Venezuela and Peru

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-86

  Dietz, Henry A ^a   Myers, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34250162425     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2007.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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