National-regional-local: The electoral and political health of the liberal democrats in Britain

British Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-214

  Russell, Andrew ^a   Cutts, David ^a   Fieldhouse, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elections; Equidistance; Liberal democrat; Policy; Strategy; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143511     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200056     Document Type: Article

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