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Beyond issue diversification: N-VA and the communitarisation of political, economic and cultural conflicts in Belgium

Koen AbtsDepartment of Sociology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-8347View further author information
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Emmanuel Dalle MulleInternational History Department Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Rudi LaermansCentre for Sociological Research University of Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumView further author information
Pages 848-872 | Published online: 08 Mar 2019

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