Nomenklatura rule under democracy: Solving the Italian political puzzle

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-475

  Ferrero, Mario ^a   Brosio, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economics of democracy; Italian political system; Nomenklatura; Political competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287330     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692897009004002     Document Type: Article

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