Doomed to failure? UKIP and the organisational challenges facing right-wing populist anti-political establishment parties

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-87

  Abedi, Amir ^a   Lundberg, Thomas Carl ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149123518     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsn036     Document Type: Article

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