Ionova, A. A. Electoral Behavior: Basic Approaches to the Study of this Political Phenomenon.

Abstract: The article considers the basic approaches to the study of electoral behavior in Western political science. The author of the article describes their theoretical and methodological potentials and analyzes their drawbacks. The author also characterizes the integrative research model based on the synthesis of the main postulates of the mentioned above approaches, proves its epistemic value both for Russian political research and practice.

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