The new sub-national politics of the British Labour Party

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-108

  Laffin, Martin ^a   Shaw, Eric ^b   Taylor, Gerald ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Labour Party; Devolution; Party organization; Scotland; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845220028     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806071265     Document Type: Article

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