Fertile grounds for extreme right-wing parties: Explaining the Vlaams Blok's electoral success

Electoral Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-155

  Coffé, Hilde ^a   Heyndels, Bruno ^a   Vermeir, Jan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extreme right; Local elections; Sample selection model

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HUMAN RIGHTS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846787070     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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