Representation and local democracy: Geographical variations in elector to councillor ratios

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-77

  Norman, Paul ^a   Purdam, Kingsley ^b   Tajar, Abdelouahid ^b   Simpson, Ludi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary change; Democracy; Electorate; Periodic electoral reviews; Representation

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ETHNIC MINORITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846519307     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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