Linking Citizens and Parties: How Electoral Systems Matter for Political Representation

Linking Citizens and Parties: How Electoral Systems Matter for Political Representation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-208

  Ezrow, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budge; Citizens; Democracy; Elections; Electoral systems; Left right; Mainstream; McDonald; Niche; Party competition; Party policy positions; Political parties; Political representation; Powell; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052033388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572526.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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