Linking pre-parliamentary political experience and the career trajectories of the 1997 general election cohort

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 685-707

  Allen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885167810     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gss030     Document Type: Article

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