Gender gap and turnout in the 2003 federal elections

Swiss Political Science Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-242

  Engeli, Isabelle ^a   Ballmer Cao, Thanh Huyen ^a   Giugni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Political motivations; Resources; Social integration; Turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548578683     PISSN: 14247755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2006.tb00066.x     Document Type: Review

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