The dark side of disagreement? Revisiting the effect of disagreement on political participation

Electoral Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-795

  Bello, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Political discussion; Political participation; Social networks; Turnout

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84867096105     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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