Low turnout in direct democracy

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 477-485

  Lutz, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Information; Switzerland; Turnout

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34248140091     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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