Media as a mechanism of institutional change and reinforcement

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Coyne, Christopher J ^a   Leeson, Peter T ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MEDIA ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 67650924741     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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