Policy and the British voter: Council housing, social change, and party preference in the 1980s

Electoral Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-202

  Field, William H ^a  

^a Georgian Court College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Great Britain, local government, Great Britain; Great Britain, social policy, housing; Social policy

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY IMPACT; SOCIAL CHANGE; VOTER PREFERENCE; VOTING PATTERN;

UK;

EID: 0031463777     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3794(97)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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