Minority Representation and Reserved Legislative Seats in Romania

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-588

  King, Ronald F ^a   Marian, Cosmin Gabriel ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

distributive politics; minority representation; reserved seats; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864364375     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325412441493     Document Type: Article

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