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This chapter describes the field of political demography and the applications of demographic techniques to the political process and to policy setting. The impact of demographics on political activity is described and the uses of demography in the electoral process are discussed. The policy-setting process is reviewed and the relevance of demographic concepts and data for this process is described.
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Thomas, R.K. (2018). Political Demography. In: Concepts, Methods and Practical Applications in Applied Demography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65439-3_12
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