The sources and dynamics of competitive authoritarianism in Ukraine

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-161

  Way, Lucan A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ELECTION; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 3042807988     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270410001687145     Document Type: Article

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