'This is what democracy looks like': New labour's blind spot and peripheral vision

British Politics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-396

  Judge, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British politics; Devolution; Executive legislative relations; Parliamentary democracy; Participation; Westminster model

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849030107     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200028     Document Type: Article

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