The post-communist left and the European Union. The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) and the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-339

  Hough, Dan ^a   Handl, Vladimír ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

European Union (EU); Group of the European United Left Nordic Green Left (GUE NGL); The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KS M); The German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POST-COMMUNISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 11244274237     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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