Do Newspapers Enlighten Preferences? Personal Ideology, Party Choice and the Electoral Cycle: The United Kingdom, 1992-1997

Canadian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 601-619

  Andersen, Robert ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0242424470     PISSN: 00084239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008423903778780     Document Type: Review

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