Municipal size and local nonelectoral participation: Findings from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 829-851

  Rose, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SIZE EFFECT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY;

EID: 0036913980     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0227     Document Type: Article

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