Class Matters: The Persisting Effects of Contextual Social Class on Individual Voting in Britain, 1964-97

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-138+i

  Andersen, Robert ^a   Health, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345447201     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.2.125     Document Type: Review

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