The conservative party

Britain at the Polls 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-62

  Bale, Tim ^a   Webb, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959241531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269220.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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