Stretching postcommunism: Diversity, context, and comparative historical analysis

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-301

  Chen, Cheng ^a   Sil, Rudra ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL THEORY; POST-COMMUNISM; SELECTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38549084204     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1060-586X.23.4.275     Document Type: Article

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