And the last shall be first: Party system institutionalization and second-generation economic reform in postcommunist Europe

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-26

  O'Dwyer, Conor ^a,b   Kovalčík, Branislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; INVESTMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34548393713     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02800469     Document Type: Article

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