Funding the national party: Changing geographies of local fund-raising for the British Conservative Party, 1984/85 to 1993/94

Political Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-406

  Pattie, Charles ^a   Johnston, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE PARTY; FUND RAISING; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY SUPPORT; POLITICAL FINANCING;

UK;

EID: 0030878864     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0962-6298(96)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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