A two-dimensional approach to the political opportunity structure of extreme right parties in western Europe

West European Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1069

  Spies, Dennis ^a   Franzmann, Simon T ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79961082517     PISSN: 01402382     EISSN: 17439655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.591096     Document Type: Article

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