Nonlinear models of electoral change: the implications of political time and chaos theory for the study of mass political behavior

Electoral Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-382

  Weisberg, Herbert F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL CHANGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 0031794647     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00033-X     Document Type: Review

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