Does economic inequality depress electoral participation? testing the schattschneider hypothesis

Political Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-301

  Solt, Frederick ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic inequality; Electoral participation; Gubernatorial elections; Income bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952011795     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9106-0     Document Type: Article

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