Kirchheimer Italian style: Catch-all parties or catch-all blocs

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-591

  Forestiere, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch all parties; Italy; Party change adaptation; Party systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349178046     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809336392     Document Type: Article

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