Reinventing the block vote Trade unions and the 2010 Labour party leadership election

British Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-344

  Jobson, Richard ^a   Wickham Jones, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ed Miliband; electoral college; Labour party; leadership elections; legitimacy; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053176635     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2011.20     Document Type: Article

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