Revolt on the right: Explaining support for the radical right in Britain

Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-318

  Goodwin, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315859057     Document Type: Book

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