Persistent political divides, electoral volatility and citizen involvement: The freezing hypothesis in the 2004 European election

West European Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-633

  Tóka, Gábor ^a   Gosselin, Tania ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARTY POLITICS; PERSISTENCE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952525660     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402381003654619     Document Type: Article

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