Explaining participation in intra-party elections: Evidence from belgian political parties

Party Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-259

  Wauters, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Intra party democracy; Membership activities; Political participation; Selecting leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649248111     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809339541     Document Type: Article

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