Explaining Modes of Participation: A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-97

  Bäck, Hanna ^a   Teorell, Jan ^a   Westholm, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 79851474445     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: 14679477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.2011.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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