What causes people to vote for a radical-right party? A review of recent work

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 474-487

  Van Der Brug, Wouter ^a   Fennema, Meindert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 36549000279     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edm031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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