Electoral systems, party systems: Lijphart and beyond

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 721-740

  Pappalardo, Adriano ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Electoral volatility; Number of parties; Parliamentary majorities; Plurality systems; Proportional systems; Representational thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348901998     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807080084     Document Type: Article

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