New Zealand: Reform by (nearly) immaculate design

The Handbook of Electoral System Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 530-543

  Nagel, Jack H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85016367142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230522749     Document Type: Chapter

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