Changing the rules changed the game: Selecting conservative leaders

Party Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-483

  McSweeney, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intra party divisions; Leadership selection; Party leadership; UK conservative party

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039036057     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068899005004003     Document Type: Article

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