Continuities and changes in left-right orientations in new democracies: The cases of Croatia and Slovenia

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-113

  Jou, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Croatia; Left right schema; Political cleavages; Slovenia; Vote choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951639169     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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