'A bit less bunny-hugging and a bit more bunny-boiling'? Qualifying conservative party change under David Cameron

British Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-299

  Bale, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre ground; Conservative; David Cameron; Gordon Brown; Modernization; Party change

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950030187     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.7     Document Type: Article

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