The rural-urban division in U.K. politics

Capitalism, Nature, Socialism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 20-43

  Benton, Ted ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBAN POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547870600     PISSN: 10455752     EISSN: 15483290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10455750701526211     Document Type: Article

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