Being intolerant of the intolerant. The exclusion of Western European anti-immigration parties and its consequences for party choice

Acta Politica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-384

  Van Spanje, Joost ^a,b   Van der Brug, Wouter ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 71049183912     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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