Composition and context: Region and voting in Britain revisited during labour's 1990s' revival

Geoforum

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-329

  Johnston, R J ^a   Pattie, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032148116     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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