Lijphart expanded: Three dimensions of democracy in advanced OECD countries?

European Political Science Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-154

  Vatter, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

advanced democracies; consensus democracy; direct democracy; Lijphart's model of democracy; majoritarian democracy; political institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011528680     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773909000071     Document Type: Article

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