The political leadership factor in the Spanish local elections

Lex Localis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-160

  Fuentes, Guadalupe Martinez ^a   Villodres, Carmen Ortega ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Democracy; Local elections; Political leadership; Political parties; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953196799     PISSN: 15815374     EISSN: 1855363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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