Constitutional power and competing risks: Monarchs, presidents, prime ministers, and the termination of East and West European cabinets

American Political Science Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-512

  Schleiter, Petra ^a   Morgan Jones, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73949119084     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055409990062     Document Type: Article

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