Why do you vote and vote as you do?

Kyklos

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-516

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958510007     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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