Fear of crime as a political weapon: Explaining the rise of extreme right politics in the flemish countryside

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-262

  Schuermans, Nick ^a   de Maesschalck, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Countryside; Extreme right; Fear of crime; Flanders; Racism; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HUMAN RIGHTS; PARTY POLITICS; RACISM; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL SOCIETY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77949513500     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649361003637190     Document Type: Article

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