How Party System Fragmentation has Altered Political Opposition in Established Democracies

Government and Opposition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-342

  Best, Robin E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011531654     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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