Why people do not vote: The role of personal values

European Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-278

  Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Schwartz, Shalom H ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congruency; Electoral participation; Values; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871830724     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000099     Document Type: Review

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