Antipartyism and third-party vote choice a comparison of Canada, Britain, and Australia

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1054-1078

  Bélanger, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstention; Antipartyism; Political disaffection; Third parties; Vote

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044241077     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414004268847     Document Type: Article

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