Party membership and campaign activity in Britain

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-519

  Fisher, Justin ^a   Denver, David ^b   Hands, Gordon ^b,c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Elections; Party activity; Party members; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745323589     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806064731     Document Type: Article

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