The social bases of political divisions in post-communist Eastern Europe

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 245-270

  Evans, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Political cleavages; Post communist societies; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749176143     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.32.061604.123144     Document Type: Article

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