Party competition and coalition formation: Italy 1994-96

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 483-515

  Giannetti, Daniela ^a   Sened, Itai ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Political Science ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal models; Italy; Multiparty parliamentary systems; Party competition; Political coalitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 7644226140     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629804046151     Document Type: Review

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