The political quiescence of the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe: An opportunity cost framework

East European Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-201

  Vanhuysse, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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