The latent support for the extreme right in British politics

West European Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-513

  John, Peter ^a   Margetts, Helen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; ELECTION; NATIONAL POLITICS; PARTY POLITICS; PERCEPTION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449486924     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402380902779063     Document Type: Article

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