Grassroots participation and party leadership selection: Examining the British and Canadian cases

Activating the Citizen: Dilemmas of Participation in Europe and Canada

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 173-193

  Cross, William ^a   Crysler, John ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85015918631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230240902_9     Document Type: Chapter

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