Electoral laws as political consequences: Explaining the origins and change of electoral institutions

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 363-390

  Benoit, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Duverger's law; Electoral laws; Electoral systems; Institutional change

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347338640     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.10.072805.101608     Document Type: Review

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