Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: What Motivates the Voters of the Extreme Right in Western Europe?

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-197

  Kai, Arzheimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme Right; Immigration; Voting Behaviour; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917433390     PISSN: 18652646     EISSN: 18652654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12286-008-0011-4     Document Type: Article

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