How important are new constitutions for democratic consolidation? Lessons from the post-communist states

Democratization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Stanger, Allison ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Stateness'; Constitution; Democratic consolidation; Post communist; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POST-COMMUNISM; SOVEREIGNTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3042540838     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351034042000238149     Document Type: Article

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