Engineering inclusion: Assessing the effects of pro-minority representation policies

Electoral Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 746-755

  Lublin, David ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Electoral systems; Ethnic parties; Minority representation; Reserved seats; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 84889092686     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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