Electoral engineering and democratic stability: The legacy of authoritarian rule in Chile

Institutional Design in New Democracies: Eastern Europe and Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 77-100

  Siavelis, Peter ^a   Valenzuela, Arturo ^b  

^a Chilean Congress   (Chile)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050724619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429499784     Document Type: Chapter

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