The meaning of elections in transitional democracies: Evidence from Russia and Ukraine

Electoral Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-381

  Pammett, Jon H ^a   DeBardeleben, Joan ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION ROLE; ELECTORAL FUNCTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL TRANSITION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030423995     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-3794(96)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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