Does crime pay? Issue ownership, political opportunity, and the populist right in Western Europe

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1471-1498

  Smith, Jason Matthew ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; issue ownership; political opportunity; populist right parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957267376     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010372593     Document Type: Article

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