The policy mood and the moving centre

Britain at the Polls 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 147-174

  Bartle, John ^a   Avellaneda, Sebastian Dellepiane ^b   Stimson, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84935749581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269220.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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