Politics, Expertise, and Interdependence within Electorates

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ahn, T K ^a   Huckfeldt, Robert ^b   Mayer, Alexander K ^b   Ryan, John B ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Citizenship; Civic capacity; Democratic politics; Expertise; Interdependence; Knowledge; Political communication; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923782457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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