The new deal for communities: Assessing procedures and voter turnout at partnership board elections

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-582

  Rallings, Colin ^a   Thrasher, Michael ^a   Cheal, Brian ^a   Borisyuk, Galina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLITICAL PROCESS; URBAN POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644328803     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0327     Document Type: Article

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