Social Democratic parties as buffers against the extreme right: The case of Belgium

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-195

  Coffé, Hilde ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; clientelism; extreme right parties; issue salience; Social Democratic parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045166382     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802176903     Document Type: Article

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