The different trajectories of Italian electoral reforms

West European Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 644-663

  Baldini, Gianfranco ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ELITE POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL REFORM;

ITALY;

EID: 79957972757     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.555988     Document Type: Article

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