The education gap in participation and its political consequences

Acta Politica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-422

  Bovens, Mark ^a   Wille, Anchrit ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

education; political equality; political participation; populism; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149341680     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2010.7     Document Type: Article

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