Political parties and the state in post-communist Europe: The nature of symbiosis

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-273

  Kopecký, Petr ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEPENDENCY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; STATE ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33747610632     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: 17439116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270600855654     Document Type: Article

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