Will democracy win?

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 639-659

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; MODELING; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48949096333     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00581.x     Document Type: Review

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