It's about the benefits: Choice environments, ideological proximity and individual participation in 28 democracies

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-454

  Brockington, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; CSES; ideological competition; turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650802602     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809334554     Document Type: Article

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