Voters' perceptions of government performance and attributions of responsibility: Electoral control in Poland

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-320

  Shabad, Goldie ^a   Slomczynski, Kazimierz M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral control; Polish party system; Unemployment and corruption; Vote intentions

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

POLAND;

EID: 79956057321     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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