Local cohesion and radical right support: The case of the Swiss People's Party

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 834-847

  Fitzgerald, Jennifer ^a   Lawrence, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme right; Local cohesion; Radical right; Swiss People's Party; Voting; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 81555214149     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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