UK party leaders are 'preeminent', but can also be 'predominant': Cameron and the Conservatives, 2005-2010

British Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-67

  Heffernan, Richard ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British politics; party leadership; political parties

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EID: 84890471092     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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