Membership ballots in party leadership elections in Britain

Representation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-117

  Quinn, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949523627     PISSN: 00344893     EISSN: 17494001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00344890903570967     Document Type: Article

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