Members are not the only fruit: Volunteer activity in British political parties at the 2010 general election

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-95

  Fisher, Justin ^a   Fieldhouse, Edward ^b   Cutts, David ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Election campaigns; Party decline; Party members; Party supporters

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84891488026     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-856X.12011     Document Type: Article

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