Reading history forward: The origins of electoral systems in European democracies

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1059-1088

  Ahmed, Amel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Electoral reform; Europe; Proportional representation; Single member plurality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954187989     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010370436     Document Type: Article

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