Electoral institutions and legislative behavior: Explaining voting defection in the European parliament

World Politics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-223

  Hix, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4644222707     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/wp.2004.0012     Document Type: Article

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