Party system change in Britain: Multi-party politics in a multi-level polity

British Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-346

  Lynch, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi party system; Party system; Two party system

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158632     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200071     Document Type: Article

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