Anti-immigrant, politically disaffected or still racist after all? Examining the attitudinal drivers of extreme right support in Britain in the 2009 European elections

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-440

  Cutts, David ^a   Ford, Robert ^a   Goodwin, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BNP; Extreme right; Racism; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952745022     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2010.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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