Electoral salience and the costs of voting at national, sub-national and supra-national elections in the UK: A case study of Brent, UK

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-214

  Orford, Scott ^a   Rallings, Colin ^b   Thrasher, Michael ^b   Borisyuk, Galina ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance; Electoral geographies; GIS; Marginality; Multi level modelling; Voter turnout

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; GIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62749178976     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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