Unionist party competition and the Orange Order vote in Northern Ireland

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 156-167

  Evans, Jocelyn A J ^a   Tonge, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Militancy; Protestantism; Religion; Vote transfers

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846845105     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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