A survey of post-communist electoral institutions: 1990-1998

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-409

  Shvetsova, Olga ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic transitions; Electoral institutions; Party systems; Post communist

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POST-COMMUNISM;

EID: 0032788481     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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