Duverger's law and the size of the Indian party system

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-561

  Diwakar, Rekha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District level; Duverger's law; India; Party system

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547867382     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807080083     Document Type: Article

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