Party support and the neighbourhood effect: Spatial polarisation of the British electorate, 1991-2001

Political Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-402

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Sarker, Rebecca ^a   Propper, Carol ^a   Burgess, Simon ^a   Bolster, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GB; Neighbourhood effects; Polarisation; Voting

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTY POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142698022     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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