Through thick and thin? The dynamics of government support across income groups during economic crises

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-437

  Palmer, Harvey D ^a   Whitten, Guy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Economic voting; Heterogeneity; Mass support dynamics

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HETEROGENEITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052031112     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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