Geography: The key to recent British elections

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1865-1880

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Pattie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; LEGISLATION; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049371473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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