Ethno-racial origins of candidates and electoral performance

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-561

  Black, Jerome H ^a   Erickson, Lynda ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

1993 Canadian election; Ethno racial minorities; Minority candidates; Voter bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745299973     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806064733     Document Type: Article

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