Klaus, havel and the debate over civil society in the Czech Republic

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 248-267

  Myant, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; POLITICAL POWER;

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

EID: 21444448085     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270500108758     Document Type: Article

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