Authoritarian determinants of democratic party competition: The communist successor parties in east central Europe

Party Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-437

  Grzymala Busse, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communist successors; Corruption; Indicators of party competition; Origins of party competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645693310     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806063089     Document Type: Article

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