Between order and disorder: A 'weak law' on recent electoral behavior among urban voters?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Borghesi, Christian ^a,b   Chiche, Jean ^c   Nadal, Jean Pierre ^a,d  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c Centre for Political Research of Sciences   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864342598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039916     Document Type: Article

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