Size and political trust: Evidence from Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 793-810

  Denters, Denters ^a  

^a INDEGO   (Netherlands)

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INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SIZE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036914380     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0225     Document Type: Article

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