Constraints and choices: Electoral participation in historical perspective

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-30

  Przeworski, Adam ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral ideology; Electoral institutions; Electoral participation; Suffrage; Turnout; World 1788 "2000

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349151662     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008324991     Document Type: Article

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