A much debated campaign

Britain at the Polls 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-202

  Allen, Nicholas ^a   Bara, Judith ^b   Bartle, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446269220.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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