Moldova between Europe and Russia: Inoculating against the colored contagion?

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-379

  March, Luke ^a   Herd, Graeme P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA CENTRE FOR SECURITY POLICY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLDOVA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33947704717     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.22.4.349     Document Type: Article

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