Discipline and party institutionalization in post-Soviet Legislatures

Party Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-477

  Thames, Frank C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutionalization; Legislature; Political party; Russia; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250212562     PISSN: 13540688     EISSN: 14603683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807077956     Document Type: Article

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