Populism, Persistent Republicanism and Declinism: An Empirical Analysis of Populism as a Thin Ideology

Government and Opposition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-133

  Elchardus, Mark ^a   Spruyt, Bram ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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EID: 84949195246     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2014.27     Document Type: Review

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