Referendum as a form of zaoshi: The instrumental domestic political functions of Taiwan's referendum ploy

Issues and Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-185

  Mattlin, Mikael ^a  

^a Finnish Grad Sch E/SE Asian S   (Finland)

Author keywords

Election strategy; Instrumentalism; Procedural principles; Referendum; Zaoshi

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344621418     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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