Party Strategies and the Descriptive Representation of Ethnic Minorities: The 2010 British General Election

West European Politics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 615-633

  Sobolewska, Maria ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876981513     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2013.773729     Document Type: Article

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