A Matter of Supply and Demand: The Electoral Performance of Populist Parties in Three European Countries

Government and Opposition

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-199

  Van Kessel, Stijn ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893923938     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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