Rethinking recent democratization: Lessons from the postcommunist experience

World Politics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-192

  Bunce, Valerie ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; MOBILIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POST-COMMUNISM;

EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0038529536     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/wp.2003.0010     Document Type: Article

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