Explaining voter turnout rates in new democracies: Guatemala

Electoral Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-500

  Lehoucq, Fabrice ^a   Wall, David L ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Guatemala; Political participation; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTION; MODELING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244260790     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(03)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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