Cross-cutting networks and political participation: Lessons of the 2010 city mayoral elections in Taiwan

East Asia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-104

  Liu, Tzu Ping ^a   Dai, Shih Chan ^b   Wu, Chung Li ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross pressure; Political participation; Social network; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

KAOHSIUNG; TAICHUNG; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84880863730     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-013-9190-y     Document Type: Article

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