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Parties, Councils and Elections

WHO DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS IN EUROPE AND WHY IS THIS?

A multilevel analysis of social mechanisms behind non-voting

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Pages 521-542 | Published online: 20 Sep 2010

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