Partisanship, national identity and constitutional preferences: An exploration of voting in the Scottish devolution referendum of 1997

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-322

  Pattie, Charles ^a   Denver, David ^b   Mitchell, James ^a   Bochel, Hugh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Referendum; Scotland; Voting

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032802945     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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