An Empirical Test of the Relative Education Model in Sweden

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-478

  Persson, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Political participation; Political socialization; Relative education; The sorting model; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051826991     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9138-5     Document Type: Article

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