Explaining the gender gap in radical right voting: A cross-national investigation in 12 Western European countries

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-286

  Immerzeel, Tim ^a   Coffé, Hilde ^b   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Political Science and International Relations   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cross national; gender; party characteristics; radical right

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922022458     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2013.20     Document Type: Article

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