Do local campaigns matter? Campaign spending, the local canvass and party support in Canada

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Carty, R Kenneth ^a   Eagles, Munroe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign spending; Campaigning; Canadian federal elections; Constituencies; Local canvass; Parties

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

CANADA;

EID: 0032982934     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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