Perceptions of electoral fairness and voter turnout

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1601-1622

  Birch, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electoral behavior; electoral integrity; electoral misconduct; electoral participation; turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149362663     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010374021     Document Type: Article

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