Extremist outbidding in ethnic party systems is not inevitable: Tribune parties in Northern Ireland

Political Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-421

  Mitchell, Paul ^a   Evans, Geoffrey ^b,d   O'Leary, Brendan ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65449120298     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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