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Deradicalisation of Jobbik and its consequences – a visual ethnographic analysis of the symbolic and ritual change of a Hungarian radical right party

Pages 423-450 | Received 11 Jan 2021, Accepted 25 Oct 2021, Published online: 19 Jan 2022

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