An electorate adrift? Public opinion and the quality of democracy in Mexico

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 60-81

  McCann, James A ^a   Lawson, Chappell ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0346274912     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lar.2003.0039     Document Type: Article

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