The role of committee systems in post-communist legislatures: A case study of the Lithuanian Seimas

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 731-750

  Clark, Terry D ^a,b   Verseckaite, Egle ^a,b   Lukošaitis, Alvidas ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745899642     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130600731839     Document Type: Article

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