Micro-geography and socialization: New ways of investigating the turnout problem

British Elections & Parties Review

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 190-205

  Orford, Scott ^a   Schuman, Andrew ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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