Integrating and decomposing the sources of partisan bias: Brookes' method and the impact of redistricting in Great Britain

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-378

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Rossiter, David ^a   Pattie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Decomposition; Redistricting

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032814502     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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