The declining electoral relevance of traditional cleavage groups

European Political Science Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-300

  Best, Robin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

electoral relevance; social cleavages; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011480843     PISSN: 17557739     EISSN: 17557747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773910000366     Document Type: Article

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