Political learning in post-communist elections

East European Politics and Societies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-728

  Dawisha, Karen ^a   Deets, Stephen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratization; Eastern Europe; Elections; Eurasia; Post communism; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749660366     PISSN: 08883254     EISSN: 15338371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888325406293290     Document Type: Review

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