Does women's knowledge of voting rights affect their voting behaviour in village elections? evidence from a randomized controlled trial in China

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 213, 2013, Pages 39-59

  Pang, Xiaopeng ^a   Zeng, Junxia ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

political participation; Randomized Controlled Trial; rural China; rural women; village election; voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; HUMAN RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL SOCIETY; VILLAGE; VOTING BEHAVIOR; WOMENS STATUS;

CHINA; FUJIAN; LIAONING;

EID: 84875481627     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741012001531     Document Type: Article

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