'It's not just them, it's whites as well': Whiteness, class and BNP support

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-117

  Rhodes, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundaries; British National Party; class; whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551649964     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510387191     Document Type: Article

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