The elitist populism of the extreme right: A frame analysis of extreme right-wing discourses in Italy and Germany

Acta Politica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-202

  Caiani, Manuela ^a   Della Porta, Donatella ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

extreme right; frame analysis; Italy and Germany; populism; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953230104     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2010.28     Document Type: Article

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