The extreme right in Eastern Europe: EU accession and the Quality of Governance

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-239

  Bustikova, Lenka ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Eastern europe; EU; Extreme right; Legacies; Policy convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649089411     PISSN: 14782804     EISSN: 14782790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14782800903108668     Document Type: Article

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