Capturing the mood of democracy : the British general election 2019 /

This book is about what it means to speak of a political mood. Can the electorate be in a mood? How do they express it? How can moods be captured in a meaningful way? This book attempts to answer those questions by looking at one city during the December 2019 British general election. This is not a...

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Main Author: Coleman, Stephen, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
Series:Palgrave pivot
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