Enraged or engaged? Preferences for direct citizen participation in affluent democracies

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-362

  Bowler, Shaun ^a   Donovan, Todd ^b   Karp, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct democracy; Distrust; Public opinion; Referendum

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548832800     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907304108     Document Type: Article

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