Dimensions of retrospective voting: Economic performance, public service standards and conservative party support at the 1997 British general election

Party Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 469-490

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Pattie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1997 general election; Britain; Economy; Public services; Retrospective voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009162336     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068801007004004     Document Type: Article

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