A new direction or another false dawn? David Cameron and the crisis of British Conservatism

British Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-166

  Dorey, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

David Cameron; Ideological repositioning; Modernization; One nation conservatism; Poll ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849132234     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200051     Document Type: Article

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