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The AfD as a ‚Leaderless’ Right-Wing Populist Party. How the Leadership-Structure Dilemma Left an Imprint on the Party’s Leadership Cover

The AfD as a ‚Leaderless’ Right-Wing Populist Party. How the Leadership-Structure Dilemma Left an Imprint on the Party’s Leadership

Polish Political Science Review
Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1 (November 2019)
By: Gregor Zons and  Anna Halstenbach  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2019-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3773
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Language: English
Page range: 41 - 60
Published on: Dec 16, 2019
Published by: University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
right-wing populism,
new parties,
party leaders,
party institutionalization,
leadership-structure dilemma
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Cultural theory,
Political theory,
Social sciences,
Sociology,
Political sociology,
Political science,
Political science, other,
Communication science,
Public and political communication

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