Safe as houses? Conservative social policy, public opinion and parliament

Political Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-84

  Bochel, Hugh ^a   Defty, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative party; David Cameron; House of commons; House of Lords; Public opinion; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949552756     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2009.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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