Party membership in Ireland: The members of Fine Gael

Party Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-425

  Gallagher, Michael ^a   Marsh, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Irish politics; Party members; Political activism; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042557915     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068804043906     Document Type: Review

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