Local battles in a national landslide: Constituency campaigning at the 2001 British General Election

Political Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-414

  Pattie, C J ^a   Johnston, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constituency campaign; Contextual effects; Electoral geography

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038129563     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(02)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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