Politics is still an adversarial business: Minority government and mixed-member proportional representation in Scotland and in New Zealand

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 609-625

  Lundberg, Thomas Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minority government; Mixed member proportional (MMP); New Zealand; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MINORITY GROUP; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885845706     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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