Ideology Matters: Party Competition, Ideological Positioning and the Case of the Conservative Party under David Cameron

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 576-594

  Buckler, Steve ^a   Dolowitz, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative party; David Cameron; Elections; Ideology

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

EID: 84867654663     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2011.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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