Still talking, but is anyone listening?: The changing face of constituency campaigning in britain, 1997ĝ€"2005

Party Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-434

  Pattie, Charles ^a   Johnston, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaign effects; election campaigns; Labour Party; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650822209     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068809334562     Document Type: Article

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