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The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. / Brown, Katy; Mondon, Aurelien; Winter, Aaron.
In: Journal of Political Ideologies, Vol. 2021, 05.07.2021.

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Brown, K, Mondon, A & Winter, A 2021, 'The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework', Journal of Political Ideologies, vol. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2021.1949829

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Brown, K., Mondon, A., & Winter, A. (2021). The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. Journal of Political Ideologies, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2021.1949829

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Brown K, Mondon A, Winter A. The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. Journal of Political Ideologies. 2021 Jul 5;2021. doi: 10.1080/13569317.2021.1949829

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Brown, Katy ; Mondon, Aurelien ; Winter, Aaron. / The far right, the mainstream and mainstreaming: towards a heuristic framework. In: Journal of Political Ideologies. 2021 ; Vol. 2021.

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