Economic and political effects on European Parliamentary electoral turnout in post-communist Europe

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-672

  Fauvelle Aymar, Christine ^a   Stegmaier, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Economics; Elections; European Parliament; European Union; Political participation; Post communist elections; Turnout

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; DATA SET; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53349121990     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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