Do voters punish the government for welfare state retrenchment? A comparative study of electoral costs associated with social policy

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-443

  Giger, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

comparative electoral behavior; issue voting; social policy attitudes; welfare state retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049356336     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2009.4     Document Type: Article

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