Voting for the Populist Radical-Right in Austria and Germany: A Comparative Analysis

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Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie

Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

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Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung
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2023
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Voting for the Populist Radical-Right in Austria and Germany: A Comparative Analysis

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