Macroeconomic conditions, voter turnout, and the working-class/economically disadvantaged party vote in developing countries

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 995-1017

  Aguilar, Edwin Eloy ^a   Pacek, Alexander C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b State University of New York ^*

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EID: 0034367429     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414000033008001     Document Type: Article

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