Does electoral reform increase (or decrease) political equality?

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 420-434

  Rigby, Elizabeth ^a   Springer, Melanie J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class Bias; Electoral Institutions; Political Inequality; Political Participation; Registration Laws; State Electoral Reform; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956343143     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909358582     Document Type: Article

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