Comparative politics: Some points for discussion

European Political Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-61

  Van Kersbergen, Kees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; Institutionalism; Political sociology; Variation and similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149132188     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2009.45     Document Type: Article

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