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Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990
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Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945-1990

by Arend Lijphart. 214 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Arend Lijphart

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Political Parties, Elections, Comparative Government
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