The ideology of the coalition: More 'muscular' than 'liberal'

British Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-490

  Lakin, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Society; Coalition; conservatism; ideology; liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887908124     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2013.9     Document Type: Article

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