Parliamentary cycles and party switching in legislatures

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-127

  Mershon, Carol ^a   Shvetsova, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Italy; Legislative parties; Midterm effect; Parliamentary cycle; Party switching; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749052787     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414007303651     Document Type: Article

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