Divisions within an ethno-regional party: The Volksunie in Belgium

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-352

  Wauters, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Ethno regional parties; Factionalism; Intra party research; Volksunie

Indexed keywords

PARTY POLITICS; REGIONAL POLITICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944443080     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597560500223305     Document Type: Article

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