Political parties and democratic consolidation in post-communist societies

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-216

  McAllister, Ian ^a   White, Stephen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic consolidation; Party systems; Post communism; Social cleavages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846708149     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807073858     Document Type: Article

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