The three 'mantras': 'Modernization' and the conservative party

British Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-190

  Denham, Andrew ^a   O'Hara, Kieron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative party; David Cameron; Modernization; Political leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249144808     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200057     Document Type: Article

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