The vulnerable populist right parties: No economic realignment fuelling their electoral success

@article{Ivarsflaten2005TheVP,
  title={The vulnerable populist right parties: No economic realignment fuelling their electoral success},
  author={Elisabeth Ivarsflaten},
  journal={European Journal of Political Research},
  year={2005},
  volume={44},
  pages={465-492},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154835189}
}
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