EU enlargement and party systems in central Europe

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-199

  Lewis, Paul G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; PARTY POLITICS; REGIONALISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21544480552     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270500108709     Document Type: Article

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