Taking minorities for granted? Ethnic density, party campaigning and targeting minority voters in 2010 British general elections

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-344

  Sobolewska, Maria ^a   Fieldhouse, Edward ^a   Cutts, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875722770     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gss088     Document Type: Article

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