Minority parliamentary government and multilevel politics: Spain's system of mutual back scratching

Comparative Politics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-312

  Field, Bonnie N ^a  

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EID: 84928469002     PISSN: 00104159     EISSN: 21516227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5129/001041514810943090     Document Type: Article

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