Are the underprivileged really that economically 'leftist'? Attitudes towards economic redistribution and the welfare state in Flanders

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-521

  Derks, Anton ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 3142744077     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2004.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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