United we stand: Constituency homogeneity and comparative party polarization

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-53

  Rehm, Philipp ^a   Reilly, Timothy ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Left right; Measurement; Party expert surveys; Party positions; Polarization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMOGENEITY; OECD; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

EID: 73749088206     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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