Not just 'friends and neighbours': Canvassing, geographic proximity and voter choice

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-582

  Górecki, Maciej A ^a   Marsh, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

'Friends and neighbours voting'; Local campaigning; Voter choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863478517     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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