Anglo-American electoral geography: Same roots and same goals, but different means and ends?

Professional Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 580-587

  Johnston, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo American contrasts; Electoral geography; Political geography

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745289037     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2005.00500.x     Document Type: Note

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