Searching for Transitologists: Contemporary Theories of Post-Communist Transitions and the Myth of a Dominant Paradigm

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-349

  Gans Morse, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; POST-COMMUNISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 12944270242     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.20.4.320     Document Type: Article

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