“Effective” number of parties: A Measure with Application to West Europe

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 3-27

  Laakso, Markku ^a   Taagepera, Rein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84949792766     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001041407901200101     Document Type: Article

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