Britain says nO: Voting in the AV ballot referendum

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-322

  Whiteley, Paul ^a   Clarke, Harold D ^a,b   Sanders, David ^a   Stewart, Marianne C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84859299091     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsr043     Document Type: Article

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