Individual characteristics, institutional incentives and electoral abstention in Western Europe

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 643-673

  Perea, Eva Anduiza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0035994935     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.00025     Document Type: Review

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