Emotions, expectations and the dynamics of party support in Britain

Economic Voting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 235-260

  Clarke, Harold D ^a   Stewart, Marianne C ^a   Whiteley, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203361511-21     Document Type: Chapter

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