Electoral and mechanical causes of divided government in the European Union

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1349-1370

  Manow, Philip ^a   Dring, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicameralism; Democratic deficit; Divided government; European Union politics; Second order elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549046380     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414007304674     Document Type: Article

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