The Impersonal Vote? Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage in British Elections, 1950-92

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-195

  Gaines, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/440279     Document Type: Article

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