Minority Governments in Parliamentary Democracies: The Rationality of Nonwinning Cabinet Solutions

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 199-227

  Strom, Kaare ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84976913342     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414084017002004     Document Type: Article

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