Bringing voters back in leader selection: The open primaries of the Italian Democratic Party

Modern Italy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-318

  Seddone, Antonella ^a   Venturino, Fulvio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

electoral behaviour; Italian politics; leader selection; political parties; primary elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880942808     PISSN: 13532944     EISSN: 14699877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13532944.2013.801675     Document Type: Article

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