To know it is to love it?: Satisfaction with democracy in the European Union

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-292

  Karp, Jeffrey A ^a   Banducci, Susan A ^a   Bowler, Shaun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic deficit; European Union; Political knowledge; Public support; Satisfaction with democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037265633     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414002250669     Document Type: Article

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