The British general election of 2010: A three-party contest - or three two-party contests?

Geographical Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Pattie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Campaigns; Contest types; Elections; Target seats

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951589512     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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