The problem with party finance: Theoretical perspectives on the funding of party politics

Party Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 627-651

  Hopkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Funding; Membership decline; Normative theory; Party models

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744250306     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068804046911     Document Type: Article

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