Standby citizens: Diverse faces of political passivity

European Political Science Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 261-281

  Amnå, Erik ^a   Ekman, Joakim ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

latent political participation; monitorial citizens; political participation; political passivity; standby citizens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897474714     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175577391300009X     Document Type: Article

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