Norms and rationality in electoral participation and in the rescue of Jews in WWII: An application of the model of frame selection

Rationality and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-36

  Kroneberg, Clemens ^a   Yaish, Meir ^b   Stocké, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action theory; Altruism; Rational choice theory; Turnout; Voting paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749149708     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463109355494     Document Type: Article

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