Local elections as a 'stepping stone': Does winning council seats boost the liberal democrats' performance in general elections?

Political Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 361-380

  Cutts, David ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaigning; Community politics; General election; Liberal democrats; Winning council seats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899655330     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12029     Document Type: Article

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