Challengers, incumbents and the impact of constituency campaigning in Britain

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-193

  Denver, David ^a   Hands, Gordon ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaigning; Challengers; Constituency; Elections; Incumbents; Jacobson

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000543907     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3794(96)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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