Realignment in the centre: The Liberal Democrats

Britain at the Polls 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 63-88

  Quinn, Thomas ^a   Clements, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952416145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269220.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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