Patterns of stability: Party competition and strategy in Central Europe since 1989

Party Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-263

  Bakke, Elisabeth ^a   Sitter, Nick ^a  

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Author keywords

Central Europe; Party; Party strategy; Party systems; System change

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044384971     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068805049779     Document Type: Article

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