Economic voting reconsidered: Crisis and charisma in the election of Hugo Chávez

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 822-848

  Weyland, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Charisma; Cognitive psychology; Elections; Populism; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042353668     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003255106     Document Type: Article

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