The Consequences of Membership Incentives: Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members?

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The Consequences of Membership Incentives : Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members? / Achury, Susan; Scarrow, Susan E.; Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina; van Haute, Emilie .

I: Party Politics, Bind 26, Nr. 1, 2020, s. 56-68.

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Achury, S, Scarrow, SE, Kosiara-Pedersen, K & van Haute, E 2020, 'The Consequences of Membership Incentives: Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members?', Party Politics, bind 26, nr. 1, s. 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818754603

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Achury, S., Scarrow, S. E., Kosiara-Pedersen, K., & van Haute, E. (2020). The Consequences of Membership Incentives: Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members? Party Politics, 26(1), 56-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818754603

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Achury S, Scarrow SE, Kosiara-Pedersen K, van Haute E. The Consequences of Membership Incentives: Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members? Party Politics. 2020;26(1):56-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818754603

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Achury, Susan ; Scarrow, Susan E. ; Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina ; van Haute, Emilie . / The Consequences of Membership Incentives : Do Greater Political Benefits Attract Different Kinds of Members?. I: Party Politics. 2020 ; Bind 26, Nr. 1. s. 56-68.

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