Too much democracy? Primaries and candidate success in the 2006 Mexican national elections

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 25-52

  Bruhn, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78149299842     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2010.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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