Decentralization and the development of nationalized party systems in new democracies: Evidence from Latin America

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 606-627

  Harbers, Imke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Latin America; New democracies; Party system nationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950256237     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008330285     Document Type: Article

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