Party change, social media and the rise of ‘citizen-initiated’ campaigning

Party Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-197

  Gibson, Rachel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; campaign activities; members; Party Politics; using the Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924904714     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068812472575     Document Type: Article

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