Why people decide to participate in state politics

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-58

  McAtee, Andrea ^a   Wolak, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

political participation; state politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952471430     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909343581     Document Type: Article

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