The quantity and the quality of party systems: Party system polarization, its measurement, and its consequences

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 899-920

  Dalton, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Party fractionalization; Party polarization; Turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849127908     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008315860     Document Type: Article

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