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Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”?: how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries

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Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”? how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries. / Kallis, Aristotle.
In: Democracy and Security, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2013, p. 221-246.

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Kallis, A 2013, 'Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”? how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries', Democracy and Security, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 221-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/17419166.2013.792251

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Kallis, A. (2013). Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”? how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries. Democracy and Security, 9(3), 221-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/17419166.2013.792251

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Kallis A. Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”? how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries. Democracy and Security. 2013;9(3):221-246. doi: 10.1080/17419166.2013.792251

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Kallis, Aristotle. / Far-right “contagion” or a failing “mainstream”? how dangerous ideas cross borders and blur boundaries. In: Democracy and Security. 2013 ; Vol. 9, No. 3. pp. 221-246.

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