'... A 40-Year-Old Black Man Made the Point to Me': Everyday Knowledge and the Performance of Leadership in Contemporary British Politics

Political Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-177

  Atkins, Judi ^a   Finlayson, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anecdotes; British politics; Leadership; Methodology; Rhetorical political analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873278311     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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