Electoral systems and electoral misconduct

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1533-1556

  Birch, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Democratization; Electoral manipulation; Electoral systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748963215     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006292886     Document Type: Article

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