The support base of radical right parties in the enlarged European Union

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-608

  Van der Brug, Wouter ^a   Fennema, Meindert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elections; niche parties; radical right; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902456942     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036330903145930     Document Type: Article

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