Electoral reform and the mirror image of inter-party and intra-party competition: The adoption of party lists in Colombia

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 648-660

  Pachón, Mónica ^b   Shugart, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Closed lists; Colombia; Electoral reform; Logical model; Open lists; Party lists; Preference vote; Proportional representation; SNTV

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL REFORM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 78649848994     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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