Meaningful choices, political supply, and institutional effectiveness

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-30

  Wessels, Bernhard ^a   Schmitt, Hermann ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electoral choices; Electoral systems; Political participation; Political parties

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL THEORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39849090892     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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