From Sandals to Suits: Professionalisation, Coalition and the Liberal Democrats

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-473

  Evans, Elizabeth ^a   Sanderson Nash, Emma ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalition; Liberal Democrats; Party organisation; Professionalisation

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; LIBERALISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 80053566141     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2011.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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