Class voting in the new political culture: Economic, cultural and environmental voting in 20 western countries

International Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-261

  Achterberg, Peter ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Death of class; Environmental concern; Old new politics; Realignment dealignment; Social and political change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646677425     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580906061378     Document Type: Article

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