The rejected, the ejected, and the dejected: Explaining government rebels in the 2001-2005 British House of Commons

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 755-780

  Benedetto, Giacomo ^a   Hix, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

House of Commons; Legislative behavior; Parliamentary government; Roll call voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250189552     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006299095     Document Type: Article

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