Income, inequality, and electoral participation

Democracy, Inequality, and Representation : A Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 278-311

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a   Beramendi, Pablo ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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