It's the economy, stupid - But which economy? Geographical scales, retrospective economic evaluations and voting at the 1997 British general election

Regional Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-319

  Johnston, R J ^a   Pattie, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic voting; Great Britain; Retrospective evaluations; Scale

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MODELING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034951642     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400123348     Document Type: Article

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