Is the party over? the decline of party activism and membership across the democratic world

Party Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-44

  Whiteley, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative political participation; multi level modelling; party regulation; party volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650471931     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068810365505     Document Type: Article

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