The polish centre-right's (Last?) best hope: The rise and fall of solidarity electoral action

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 55-79

  Szczerbiak, Aleks ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POST-COMMUNISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 4444267837     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1352327042000260805     Document Type: Article

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