The members of Labour: Backgrounds, political views and attitudes towards coalition government and the party system

Irish Political Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-186

  Kennedy, Fiachra ^a   Lyons, Pat ^b   Fitzgerald, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 85050169072     PISSN: 07907184     EISSN: 17439078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07907180500135438     Document Type: Article

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