If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them? Explaining Social Democratic Responses to the Challenge from the Populist Radical Right in Western Europe

Political Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-426

  Bale, Tim ^a   Green Pedersen, Christoffer ^b   Krouwel, André ^c   Luther, Kurt Richard ^d   Sitter, Nick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 77954011215     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2009.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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