The Bulgarian Socialist Party: The long road to Europe

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-495

  Spirova, Maria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulgarian parties; Bulgarian politics; Bulgarian Socialist Party; PES; Transition to democracy in Bulgaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649086643     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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