Party preferences and electoral reform: How time in government affects the likelihood of supporting electoral change

West European Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 568-586

  Pilet, Jean Benoit ^a   Bol, Damien ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM;

EID: 79957985350     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.555984     Document Type: Article

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