Party systems in post-communist Central Europe: Patterns of stability and consolidation

Democratization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 562-583

  Lewis, Paul G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratic performance; Electoral outcomes; Institutionalization; Party systems; Post communist democratization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN UNION; PARTY POLITICS; POST-COMMUNISM;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUNGARY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746173343     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340600791863     Document Type: Article

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