Electoral Reform, Regional Cleavages, and Party System Stability in Bolivia Reforma electoral, rupturas regionales y estabilidad de sistema partidario en Bolivia

This research note considers the effects of electoral system reformin Bolivia. In 1995, Bolivia moved from a list-proportional to a mixedmemberproportional electoral system. The intervening years saw growingregional polarization of politics and a collapse of the existing party system.Using statistic...

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Main Author: Miguel Centellas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-07-01
Series:Journal of Politics in Latin America
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/42