Conservatism and the poor: Conservative party attitudes to poverty and inequality since the 1970s

British Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-362

  Hickson, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Conservative party; David cameron; Ideology; Inequality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350032229     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2009.11     Document Type: Article

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