@inbook{dbde57901464461f94ae27929d6d77d9,
title = "Introduction",
abstract = "This introductory chapter begins with a description of main purpose of this book, which is to describe and explain the electoral changes in Western Europe in the second half of the 20th century. It then discusses political change in Europe, modernization and political change, declining voter turnout, and party choice. An overview of the chapters in this volume is presented.",
keywords = "Electroral change, Western Europe, Modernization, Political change",
author = "Jacques Thomassen",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1093/0199273219.003.0001",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-19-927321-9",
series = "Comparative politics",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
pages = "1--21",
editor = "Jacques Thomassen",
booktitle = "The European Voter",
address = "United Kingdom",
}