Pillars and electoral behavior in Belgium: The neighborhood effect revisited

Political Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 250-262

  David, Quentin ^a,b   Van Hamme, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Electoral geography; Neighborhood effect; Pillar; Social embedding

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL SYSTEM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

BELGIUM;

EID: 79959955194     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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