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Strategies of mainstream parties towards their right-wing populist challengers: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland in comparison

Anna-Sophie HeinzeDepartment of Political Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 287-309 | Published online: 27 Oct 2017

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