Electoral modernisation or elite statecraft: Electoral administration in the United Kingdom 1997-2007

British Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-201

  James, Toby S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutional reform; Election law; Election reform; Electoral administration; Elite theory; Statecraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953314641     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2009.31     Document Type: Review

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