Digging into the breeding ground: Insights into the electoral performance of populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe

East European Politics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-270

  Pirro, Andrea L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; electoral performance; political parties; post communism; radical right

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900000776     PISSN: 21599165     EISSN: 21599173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2014.886565     Document Type: Article

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