Discourses of power and rurality: Local politics in Somerset in the 20th century

Political Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-478

  Woods, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL STUDY; LOCAL POWER; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POWER STRUCTURE; RURAL POLITICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UK, ENGLAND, SOMERSET;

EID: 0030666795     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0962-6298(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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