Promising parties: Can parties in government still deliver?

European Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-318

  Gray, Mark M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; GLOBALIZATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS;

EID: 46649094169     PISSN: 10627987     EISSN: 14740575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1062798708000276     Document Type: Review

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