Another reason to support marriage? Turnout and the decline of marriage in Britain

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 666-680

  Denver, David ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elections; Marriage; Turnout; Voting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; MARRIAGE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049154349     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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