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The rhetorical contestation of populism in four European parliaments (2010–2020)

Matteo C. M. Casiraghia Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;b Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Margherita Bordignona Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;c Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-1477View further author information
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Pages 173-195 | Published online: 07 Jan 2022

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