The Changing Shape of class voting: An individual-level analysis of party support in Britain, Germany and Switzerland

European Societies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-355

  Oesch, Daniel ^a  

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Author keywords

Class; Class voting; Cleavage; Middle class; Party support

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049086084     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701846946     Document Type: Article

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