Comparing young voters' political engagement in the United States and Europe

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1195-1213

  Esser, Frank ^a   De Vreese, Claes H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; European Union; Political communication; United States; Youth turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247638577     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207299364     Document Type: Review

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