Block voting in the Labour Party: A political exchange model

Party Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-226

  Quinn, Thomas ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Labour Party; Party organization; Political exchange; Rational choice; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040668007     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068802008002004     Document Type: Article

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