Elections, electoral systems and volatile voters

Elections, Electoral Systems and Volatile Voters

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-229

  Baldini, Gianfranco ^a   Pappalardo, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230584389     Document Type: Book

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