A tool to evaluate state capacity in post-communist countries, 1989-2006

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 654-686

  Fortin, Jessica ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 77955023776     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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