Voters and coalition governments

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-307

  Hobolt, Sara B ^a   Karp, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL THEORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954631774     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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