"People who talk together vote together": An exploration of contextual effects in Great Britain

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-66

  Pattie, Charles ^a   Johnston, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great britain; Neighborhood effect; Voting

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034126189     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00183     Document Type: Article

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